Rod Smith

The Republican Party of Florida is still trying to get its act together after its nasty gubernatorial primary — and Bill McCollum's statement saying he has “serious problems” with gubernatorial nominee Rick Scott's integrity won't help....

The latest rumblings suggest Alex Sink will announce former State Sen. Rod Smith as her pick for lieutenant governor. Ho-hum. I'm not sure Smith brings much to the ticket. (Then again, I'm not sure most Floridians give a whit about this whole running-...

The Democratic contenders that advanced out of Tuesday's primary –including headliners Alex Sink (governor) and Kendrick Meek (senate)– joined other nominees and party leaders onstage for a unity rally with several hundred supporters at the...

This interesting brief from our friends at The News Service of Florida: A rich source of campaign cash, orphaned after the Republican gubernatorial primary, apparently has come around to support nominee Rick Scott over Democrat Alex Sink. U.S. Sugar,...

Florida's nominees for governor, Alex Sink and Rick Scott, came within 20 feet of each other outside the Farm Credit of Florida/Agriculture Institute of Florida Candidate Forum in Orlando, Friday, but did not acknowledge one another. Instead, both kept to...

The Florida AFL-CIO and a host of Democratic candidates will be going door-to-door on Saturday; between personal contacts and phone calls, they say they plan to reach 3,000 union members and their families. Participating candidates will include U.S. Rep....

Mark this down in the political file: If Democrat Alex Sink doesn't win the Florida governor's race, it won't be because a millionaire investor outspent her on television. The latest media-buying figures show Sink and Democrats had bought  $7 million in....

GAINESVILLE — Democrat Alex Sink and Republican Rick Scott crisscrossed Florida to scrounge for pockets of votes Monday in a gubernatorial contest hinging on whether Sink can capture enough independents and GOP voters to survive the ant...

The doors just opened to Democratic gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink's victory party at the Marriott Waterside in downtown Tampa, where supporters will be watching returns on a pair of oversized television screens in a hotel ballroom. The campaign says...

To no one's surprise, Florida Democratic Party chair Karen Thurman announced her resignation today. It had been expected since the party was routed on election night — Republicans now control the governor's office, the Cabinet, more than two-...

Palm Beach County Democratic Chairman Mark Alan Siegel is out of the race for state Democratic Party chairman. He said Wednesday he's endorsing the Rod Smith, a former state senator, former Alachua County state attorney, unsuccessful 2010 lieutenant...

Florida's Democratic Party Chairman Karen Thurman announced she would be leaving her post a few days after the drubbing the party took in this year's election. Democrats were shut out in all five statewide races — the four Cabinet positions a...