Florida Elections

Every debate word between Republican Christine O'Donnell and Democrat Chris Coons -- and there were a lot of them....

PERRY – With hundreds of thousands of ballots already cast in the governor’s race, Alex Sink is scrounging for votes in small North Florida communities with a style reminiscent of Democratic candidates of decades past – appealing to their...

By Aaron Deslatte and John Maines More than 2 million Florida voters have already cast their ballots and more than $126 million has been spent on ads by candidates for governor, the Cabinet, the Florida Legislature and judicial branch this election...

Since political candidates don't spend nearly enough money to get elected, Florida's state Senate is trying to remedy that sad state of affairs. How? By raising the contribution limits. Just what we need – more opportunities for special interests to...

TALLAHASSEE — Three days after taking office, Gov. Rick Scott abruptly put the brakes on the implementation of two redistricting amendments overwhelmingly passed by voters last fall. The move to withdraw Florida's request for federal “pre-...

       I kicked off a bit of a tempest in today's column by zinging the sillier obsessions of both the left and the right. True to form, I got responses from each side claiming they were indeed right and the other side was indeed...

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House just gave final passage to an elections bill that would restore some reporting requirements for the stealthy, political committees that buy ads formerly known as electioneering communication organizations under...

By John Kennedy, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Charlie Crist is being urged to veto the Legislature’s latest attempt at regulating shadowy political committees, with critics saying the measure may give local governments a new...

Gov. Charlie Crist delivered an election-year crumb to Bill McCollum by signing a broadly written elections bill that reinstates public-disclosure requirements for the secretive, outside political groups that bombard the airwaves with campaign ads. Had...

TALLAHASSEE – When Attorney General Bill McCollum started getting hammered by a blitz of television ads last April touting Republican gubernatorial primary foe Rick Scott, a powerful Capitol player came to his rescue. Big Sugar. The Clewiston-based U.S....

TALLAHASSEE — The last campaign finance reports due ahead of the primary have been released and Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rick Scott has loaned his campaign an astounding $49.9 million to get past Attorney General Bill McCollum in Tues...

TALLAHASSEE — Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Alex Sink has released a statement calling on Gov. Charlie Crist to veto an elections bill today that would create “leadership funds” and give broader financial control of the political...