U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., started the new year by drawing fire from the left as liberal activists are calling for her ouster as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). 

More than 23,000 Americans have signed a petition from RootsAction.org demanding the DNC remove Wasserman Schultz, insisting she is not neutral in the presidential race and accusing of her limiting the number of debates to help her old ally former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton. 

Mitt Romney got shoved out of the 2016 presidential race by Jeb Bush a year ago but he is now getting a little political payback against the former Florida governor. 

The Florida Retail Federation (FRF) started 2016 with new leadership as Randy Miller, who had been executive vice president, takes over as president and CEO after the retirement of longtime leader Rick McAllister. Besides his new post at FR, Miller will also lead the Georgia Retail Association (GRA) where he also served as executive vice president. 

On Monday, Miller promoted two FRF staffers as Melissa Joiner Ramba and Samantha Hunter Padgett were named vice presidents. 

Brad Herold is stepping down as executive director of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) to manage U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis’, R-Fla., bid to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.

The new year promises to be a busy one in Florida politics even as the presidential race dominates the headlines. 

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., is going to bat for a congressman in South Florida and Democrats are looking to make an issue of it. 

Former New York Gov. George Pataki ended his dark horse bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday night. 

Five Republican presidential hopefuls have ties to the Sunshine State in the most unpredictable battle for the GOP nod in decades. The past year saw some of them rise to great heights while others who were thought to be major contenders flopped. Here’s a look at how the five candidates with links to Florida did in 2015.

Pointing to an incident over the weekend in which a Florida panther was killed by a vehicle, U.S. Rep Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., doubled down on his call for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to designate a “critical habitat” for the official animal of the Sunshine State. 

There were few winners and too many losers in Florida politics over the past year as legislative dysfunction took over in Tallahassee and the state Supreme Court stepped in on redistricting.