Republican Pam Bondi will be Floridas first female attorney general.

Outgoing Florida Senate President Jeff Atwater will remain in Tallahassee next year as the states chief financial officer.

Republican Adam Putnam will be the next Florida agriculture and consumer services commissioner after defeating Democrat Scott Maddox in a landslide victory Tuesday.

Thanks to the 2000 presidential election debacle -- most of it centered here in Florida -- both major parties have amassed a storehouse of legal firepower. As voters head to the polls Tuesday, judicial decisions and the mere presence of lawyers have already affected some midterm elections across the country.

Hanging chads. Butterfly ballot. Katherine Harris. Theresa LaPore.

The statistics and trends may not be with Democrat Tim Huth in his race for the Florida House District 26 seat, but he still sees a path to victory.

In a 21st century economy, a country needs a 21st century education system. And the U.S. doesnt have one.

The re-election of Rep. Chris Dorworth, R-Heathrow, should be a sure thing.

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Charles Bronson and BP officials announced Monday the company will give the state $20 million over the next three years to test seafood.

The race for Florida House District 36 can be read as an exact replica of how Republicans would like to see elections all over the country fall: a political newcomer takes on a two-term incumbent in a Democratic district and rides a Republican wave to an upset.