Michelle B. Patty defiantly used her local radio show Sunday to deny she paid a woman $100 to campaign for then-Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson. ...more

March 17, 2009

Pat Kemp, newly elected chairwoman of the Hillsborough County Democratic Party, sees hope for a Democratic resurgence nationwide and this county, where the party has languished for years. ...more

February 1, 2009

Pat Kemp, newly elected chairwoman of the Hillsborough County Democratic Party, sees hope for a Democratic resurgence nationwide and this county, where the party has languished for year ...more

January 27, 2009

A slate of candidates backed by outgoing Hillsborough County Republican Party Chairman David Storck won all the local party offices Tuesday, led by Deborah Cox Roush, who replaced Storck as chairman. ...more

December 4, 2008

Hillsborough County voters must be getting used to something new every time they show up to cast their ballots. For some reason the people in charge of elections around here have found it necessary almost every voting cycle to go out and spend a few million dollars or so to install voting machines that can guarantee that when you cast a ballot, it will be counted and they can go back and check it out. ...more

November 7, 2008

Shortly after the polls closed Tuesday night, Hillsborough County elections officials began uploading tens of thousands of ballots from early voting stations. ...more

November 6, 2008

9:18 p.m.: Kathy Harris, chief of staff and general counsel for Hillsborough County Supervisor of Election Buddy Johnson, just made her first announcement of the night. ...more

November 4, 2008

6:00 p.m.: Sometimes "big problems" at the voting precincts aren't really big problems at all. But that's how issues are often characterized by the time they reach a reporter's ears. ...more

November 4, 2008

3:03 p.m.: Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Rob Turner is in the midst of a final push to get out the vote. He is visiting voting precincts from one end of the county to the other. ...more

November 4, 2008

12:59 p.m.: Roberta Banks, wearing a gold satin floor-length dress and a black wig held in place with a scarf, greeted voters with a sign that read "Help Me Get Married" at precincts 562 and 566 at the University Area Community Center Complex. ...more

November 4, 2008