A new poll shows Florida retains its position as the ultimate swing state in presidential politics even as the favorites in the polls -- former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the Democratic side and businessman Donald Trump for the Republicans -- are not the strongest general election candidates.
As Vice President Joe Biden nears a decision to enter the 2016 presidential race, a new poll of Florida Democrats shows former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds a commanding lead regardless of what he does.
On Wednesday morning, Quinnipiac University released a poll of Florida Democrats showing Clinton in charge of the Democratic primary.
When Biden is included, Clinton leads with 43 percent. Biden and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., tie for second with 19 percent each.
Businessman Donald Trump continues to hold the lead over the large field of Republican presidential hopefuls in Florida, according to a poll released Wednesday.
Even with Florida Republicans Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio in the race, Dr. Ben Carson has the Sunshine State in his sights.
Two more Republican presidential hopefuls--Gov. John Kasich of Ohio and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania--are headed to Orlando for the Republican Party of Florida’s (RPOF) Sunshine Summit next month.
Vowing to put “principle over power,” U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., made his pitch to serve as speaker of the U.S. House this week, even as the leadership contest looms on Thursday.
Gov. Rick Scott, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Florida Water Management Districts announced Monday that more than $40 million from the budget signed during the summer will go to 26 springs projects across the state. These projects will also bring in almost $42 million through matching funds.
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., is taking to the national stages as he tries to get a Green Beret reinstated in the Army after he was forced out of service when he reported an Afghan ally abusing a child.
Two more presidential hopefuls announced Monday they will show up in Orlando next month for the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit.
In 1861, as leaders from the South met in Montgomery to create the Confederate States of America, almost every political observer expected someone from Georgia to wind up as the president of the new nation. Three of the leading candidates -- Howell Cobb, Alexander Stephens and Robert Toombs -- all hailed from Georgia. But Jefferson Davis from Mississippi wound up as the first and only Confederate president as the Georgia candidates all slit each other’s throats.
