Two of the best-known potential candidates for Florida's 2010 U.S. Senate race, Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum and Democratic U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd, both announced Wednesday that they won't run for the seat. ...more

January 29, 2009

Don't rule out "Ginny For U.S. Senate" signs just yet. U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Brooksville, is pondering a potential bid for the seat that Republican Mel Martinez will leave vacant now that he's decided not to run for re-election in 2010, Pete Meachum, Brown-Waite's chief of staff, said Wednesday afternoon. ...more

December 4, 2008

Freddie Mac secretly paid a Republican consulting firm $2 million to kill legislation that would have regulated and trimmed the mortgage finance giant and its sister company, Fannie Mae, three years before the government took control to prevent their collapse. ...more

October 20, 2008

The Senate strongly endorsed the $700 billion economic bailout plan Wednesday, leaving backers optimistic that the easy approval, coupled with an array of popular additions, would lead to House acceptance by Friday and end the legislative uncertainty that has rocked the markets. ...more

October 2, 2008

Below are profiles of four of the five candidates in the race for Pasco County sheriff. On the Republican side, the incumbent, Bob White, will be opposed in the Aug. 26 primary by Robert J. "Bobby" Sullivan. The Democratic primary will pit K.S. "Kim" Bogart against Jeff K. Deremer. Bobby Kinzy did not respond to requests for information. The two primary winners will square off Nov. 4. ...more

August 13, 2008

I have just finished reading Gary Pinnell's article "The Money Chase" for the third time. I become more disillusioned each time I read it. Is that what elections are about, raising money? There are four candidates running for Congress. ...more

August 2, 2008

Nationwide, new Democratic Party voter registrations outpace newcomers to the Republican side by astronomical levels. Turnout for presidential primaries, when neither side had settled on its nominee, ran in the neighborhood of 2-to-1 in favor of Democrats. Contributions to Democratic candidates compared with Republicans are like monsoons to midday sprinkles. ...more

May 6, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton was strongly supported by Hispanics and people seeking an experienced candidate, but Barack Obama was eating into her usual dominance of women and whites, in early national exit polls Tuesday. A coalition of black, young, white and higher-income voters were flocking to Obama. ...more

February 6, 2008

By winning delegate-rich states such as New York, John McCain attained a solid lead over his rivals Tuesday but must continue to accumulate victories this month and in March to secure the Republican presidential nomination. ...more

February 6, 2008

The battle for Florida has begun. "We're right in the middle of it now - this is what we've been waiting for," Rudy Giuliani told a shouting, chanting crowd here Sunday. ...more

January 21, 2008