Florida Elections

TALLAHASSEE — As expected, Lawton “Bud” Chiles III dropped his independent bid for governor Thursday, saying he was afraid his continued candidacy would tilt the race toward Republican Rick Scott, whom he described as “someo...

Every debate word between Republican Christine O'Donnell and Democrat Chris Coons -- and there were a lot of them....

PERRY – With hundreds of thousands of ballots already cast in the governor’s race, Alex Sink is scrounging for votes in small North Florida communities with a style reminiscent of Democratic candidates of decades past – appealing to their...

By Aaron Deslatte and John Maines More than 2 million Florida voters have already cast their ballots and more than $126 million has been spent on ads by candidates for governor, the Cabinet, the Florida Legislature and judicial branch this election...

Since political candidates don't spend nearly enough money to get elected, Florida's state Senate is trying to remedy that sad state of affairs. How? By raising the contribution limits. Just what we need – more opportunities for special interests to...

By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Wednesday celebrated a Democratic victory in a special congressional election in New York, which she called a rejection of Republican...

TALLAHASSEE — Three days after taking office, Gov. Rick Scott abruptly put the brakes on the implementation of two redistricting amendments overwhelmingly passed by voters last fall. The move to withdraw Florida's request for federal “pre-...

       I kicked off a bit of a tempest in today's column by zinging the sillier obsessions of both the left and the right. True to form, I got responses from each side claiming they were indeed right and the other side was indeed...

The Republican-controlled House passed its election-reform package Wednesday, over heated Democratic protests and a nearly two-hour legislative delaying tactic, setting the stage for the Senate to take up its reform measures today. Both chambers’...

It wasn't dangling, dimpled or pregnant chads that cost Al Gore the presidency. It was thousands of discarded overvotes in which voters marked more than one candidate. Gore's ballot position was marked on 73,147 invalid overvoted ballots -- nearly...

Everyone thought Monica was Bill Clinton's problem. But she might have cost Al Gore the presidency instead. Monica Moorehead -- an obscure socialist running as the Workers World Party candidate -- nullified precious votes for Gore because of a...

Those touch-screen voting machines with computer brains have been held up as the gold standard of voting reliability -- especially when compared with the antique punch-card systems that introduced "hanging chad" to a stunned nation. But a new study by...