No stunners in the first results of the night. Seconds after the polls closed in the Panhandle, CNN called the race in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate -- former House Speaker Marco Rubio defeated two candidates for the GOP nod. CNN also called that state CFO Alex Sink won the Democratic gubernatorial primary over Brian Moore.
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Rick Scott's 11th-hour plea for Florida voters to head to the polls may have fallen on deaf ears.
As of 5 p.m., with two hours until the polls close, supervisors of elections were reporting generally light turnout.
Some of that may be due to higher levels of early- and absentee-voting. Some of it may have been due to the damp and dreary weather. But either way, today's numbers were nowhere near what Scott and others might have hoped for.
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With Florida having won $700 million in federal funds for education in the Race to the Top contest, Gov. Charlie Crist is applauding the news.
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U.S. Rep. Connie Mack weighed in on Iran launching its first nuclear reactor -- and called for the Obama administration to pull the plug on that nations fledgling program.
Under Mahmoud Ahmadinejads dangerous leadership, Iran continues to enrich uranium and push forward with its plans for a nuclear program, while supporting terrorism and building stronger relationships with other enemies of freedom, said Mack. Irans actions threaten the freedom, security and prosperity of the Middle East.
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Florida is set to collect $700 million for its schools, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday, naming the Sunshine State one of 10 winners in the second round of its $4.35 billion Race to the Top competition.
While proponents of the Everglades-U.S. Sugar deal hailed a federal judge's favorable ruling this week, opponents of the purchase say, "Not so fast."
U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno on Monday rejected the Miccosukee Tribe's request for an injunction. The decision was applauded by Kirk Fordham, CEO of the Everglades Foundation.
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More politicians from both sides of the aisle are weighing in on Florida being named one of the 10 winners of the U.S. Department of Educations Race to the Top funds.
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Florida's string of consecutive monthly gains in home sales was broken in July, as Realtors reported a 14 percent decrease from a year ago.
Meantime, the streak of declining sales prices continued -- down 7 percent to a median of $138,000.
Florida Association of Realtors President Wendell Davis, noting sharp drops in some Panhandle markets, cited the BP oil spill as a retarding factor.
But that didn't deter condominium buyers, as sales rose 11 percent statewide. Of course, condo prices were down again -- off 20 percent.
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Whatcha smokin' there, Bill, some of your grass roots?
Sorry, had to ask.
Here's why: According to The Miami Herald, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum actually told a rapt media gathered in Longwood Tuesday morning -- and you might want to sit down for this one -- "This has been a grass-roots campaign. It's the strongest grass-roots campaign I've been involved with since the very first one I ran."
Strong? I'll say. I've seen weaker roots a foot thick in the DeSoto National Forest.
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Having been the first member of Congress to call for U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithners resignation back in March 2009, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack joined with U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner in repeating the call.
I agree with Leader Boehner that Secretary Geithner should step down, said Mack. From his questionable role in the AIG bailout to his mishandling of our economic recovery, Secretary Geithner has been a disappointment from the start.
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