After the Shirley Sherrod debacle, President Barack Obama doesn't need to pick another fight with his African-American base. But Florida's Democratic Senate primary poses a new no-win situation.
Attorney General Bill McCollum tries to set the record straight when it comes to his views on an Arizona-style immigration law in Florida. SSN breaks it down with a video package and timeline.
The 2012 presidential race may be two years away, but thats not stopping tea party activists around Tampa, host city for the Republican National Convention, from getting prepared for it, even as they are fully engaged for the mid-term elections in November.
Rick Scott, candidate for governor, is running as the consummate outsider in a year of outsiders. Hes never held office, and he hits the theme often people are tired of career politicians he says as he campaigns around the state.
Representing parts of Hillsborough, Paco and Polk counties, conservative Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Brandon, has represented this district since first being elected in 2006. Storms has raised almost $205,000 and has spent about $76,000. With no Democrat or minor-party candidate on the ballot, Storms faces Victoria Brake who is running as a write-in candidate come November.
This district represents the heart of the First Coast, stretching from parts of Nassau County to parts of Duval, St. Johns and Flagler counties before ending in Volusia County. In what appears to be shaping up into one of the more intense Senate races in the Sunshine State this year, Republican Party of Florida chairman Sen.
With Senate Minority Leader Al Lawson, D-Tallahassee, ending his years of service in the Legislature to challenge U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd, this seat representing all of Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty and Wakulla counties and parts of Bay, Jefferson, Leon and Madison counties has an interesting contest for the Democratic nomination.
Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, represents parts of Bay, Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties in Northwest Florida. Gaetz, who has been in the Senate since 2006, will represent that area for four more yearsbecause he faces no opposition for a second term.
Currently held by retiring Sen. Durell Peaden, R-Crestview, this Senatedistrict contains Holmes and Washington counties, as well as parts of Bay, Escambia, Okaloosa and Walton counties.
With less than a month until his showdown with Jeff Greene for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate race, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek finally took to the airwaves with a new commercial on Monday attacking his rival. It is his first video attack.
