A former Republican who jumped to a minor party last year must wait until 2014 to run for Congress as a Democrat as she wants. Or she could continue to seek the office this year as a big or little I for independent, a Leon County Circuit judge ruled Thursday.
Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan likes his re-election chances in a redrawn west coast district that encompasses 96 percent of his current constituents. And why not? They sent him back to Washington with a healthy 10,000-vote margin two years ago.
This year's Democratic challenger, Keith Fitzgerald, sees an opening in the 16th Congressional District that includes the reliable GOP enclaves of Sarasota and Bradenton.
Looking back at American history, some of the most dramatic presidential elections have resulted from former officeholders running as third party candidates -- and that possibility looms in 2012.
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum focused on Puerto Rico this week as he continues his bid for the White House. Puerto Rico -- which will have 23 delegates at the Republican National Convention in Tampa -- holds its primary on Sunday.
After addressing supporters in Louisiana after his wins in the Alabama and Mississippi primaries on Tuesday night, Santorum headed out to the island territory for campaign appearances on Wednesday and Thursday.
Florida's overhaul of the Medicaid system likely will take longer than expected, with some beneficiaries not enrolled in HMOs or other types of managed-care plans until 2015, according to a revised state timeline.
A 2011 law and documents submitted in August to the federal government indicated that seniors who need long-term care would be shifted into health plans by Oct. 1, 2013, and that the broader population of Medicaid beneficiaries would follow by Oct. 1, 2014.
It was unbelievable: As soon as Newt Gingrich failed to win both Alabama and Mississippi in the GOP race for president, most members of the mainstream media and political strategists with whom I talked readily admitted, off the record, that he was the most qualified among the Republican candidates to serve as president.
The race in South Florida's swampy 26th Congressional District is shaping up to be as lively and lethal as an alligator fight.
Incumbent Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, appears to have a clear path to November -- but rumblings persist that a primary challenger could emerge, or that a tea party protest candidate could run to Rivera's right in the general election.
Legislators shouldnt have to completely revamp the map of new Senate districts rejected by the Supreme Court as the head of the Florida Democratic Party contends, the president of the Florida Senate said Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith told reporters that, because the state Supreme Court ruled eight of the 40 districts redrawn for the once-a-decade redistricting invalid, the entire state will need to be redrawn.
As gasoline prices soar, Barack Obama is running on empty.
In the frantic final hours of the 2012 regular session, as bills were debated regarding auto insurance, Citizens Property Insurance, the parent trigger for charter schools and the budget, senators found time to slip in the confirmation of eight appointments by Gov. Rick Scott -- and failed to confirm almost 400 others.
The harried pace came following days where hours of floor time was dominated by going-away speeches by departing senators and a portrait-unveiling for the Senate president.
