Drug Charge Won't Defeat Candidate
A candidate for State House District 1 says hes staying in the race despite felony drug trafficking charges. The Northwest Florida Daily News reported last week that Ricky Perritt will remain on the ballot, partly because there isnt enough time to remove his name anyway before the Aug. 24 primary.
In their television and online ads, the two Republican candidates for Senate District 25 both tout themselves as the fiscal conservative who fights to lower taxes.
From his perch as the ranking Republican of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack of Florida wrote to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday, insisting that he will continue the fight for Congress to recognize Venezuela as a state sponsor of terrorism.
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While Gov. Charlie Crist has received more attention for his independent bid for the U.S. Senate than his actual job performance as governor these days, his administration continues to preside over the state for the next five months.
There are some changes going on in the leadership of the administration as it enters its final months.
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With three weeks to go until the primary, Attorney General Bill McCollum is looking to reach out to Hispanic voters in an effort to catch up with health-care executive Rick Scott, front-runner for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who ran for president in 2008 and since has moved to Florida, came out swinging Monday at the federal judge who struck down aspects of Arizonas new immigration law.
You expect Republican politicians to criticize Democratic administrations and vice versa. But when Democrats start criticizing Democratic administrations, that is news. Someone once said that the headline "Dog bites Man" is not news, but "Man bites Dog" is. We are now starting to get "Democrat bites Democrat" news.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who ran for president in 2008 and has since moved to Florida, came out swinging on Monday at the federal judge who struck down aspects of Arizonas new immigration law.
Last week's decision by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton is just another example of an activist judge putting their ideas ahead of the law, wrote Huckabee in an e-mail to supporters.
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Bill McCollum's troubles continue. That's the word from the inaugural Sunshine State News Poll that shows Rick Scott holding a commanding 44 to 28 percent lead over the attorney general in the Republican gubernatorial primary.
