From The Hill: The open seat in Florida, currently held by placeholder Sen. George LeMieux (R-Fla.), is looking more and more like a potential Democratic pickup opportunity. As the race stands now, former state House speaker Marco Rubio is likely to be the GOP nominee. And Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.), unlike in early polls against [...]

According to exclusive poll results obtained by this blog, Republican incumbent Peter Nehr holds a healthy 16 point lead over Democratic challenger Tom McKone.  McKone trails Nehr 44% – 28% according to this poll taken on March 17 & 18  and has a margin of error of 4.9%.  Keep in mind, this is not my poll, so I cannot verify [...]

American Journalism Review slurps PolitiFact: Every elected official in America ought to face the Truth-O-Meter,” says PolitiFact creator and Editor Bill Adair. On March 1, PolitiFact launched its second state spinoff in Florida as the Sunshine State’s races for governor and U.S. Senate begin to heat up. The St. Petersburg Times-owned Web site has been [...]

A Florida poll released over the weekend showed an angry, confused and fearful electorate lashing out at President Obama and health-care reforms. Florida Democratic Senator Bill Nelson got caught in the backlash, the poll indicates, a sign of trouble for fellow Democrats in this year’s elections. The results prompted many readers who support Obama and [...]

Sen.Tom Coburn (R-OK) is endorsing Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate this morning, Saint Petersblog has learned.  “From the ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ to the ‘Woodstock Museum,’ I’ve  fought all kinds of wasteful spending throughout my career.  But in my lifetime, I’ve never seen as wasteful a spending project as the failed $787 billion stimulus bill that Marco’s [...]

Dozens of teachers held signs and chanted “nix S.B. six!” outside the Winter Park office of State Rep. Dean Cannon in a protest against education reform bills being pushed through the state legislature. Teachers said basing their pay on student test scores isn’t fair to them or students. “How would that make the student feel [...]

In one of its first opinions addressing the challenging issues facing political advertising on new media, the Florida Divison of Elections rendered an opinion that there is no rule against politicians listing their party affiliation on such as Facebook provided they aren’t running for re-election. The request came from the City of Coral Springs whose Commissioners wanted to know if there was [...]

Sports Illustrated is out with its predictions, and it has the Rays going all the way to the World Series. According to SI’s experts, the Rays will finish 95-67, in second place behind the Yankees, but will advance to the Series – and lose again to the Phillies.

According to exclusive poll results obtained by this blog, Democratic incumbent Janet Long holds a narrow seven point lead over political newcomer Republican Larry Ahern.  Long leads Ahern 38% – 31% according to this poll taken on March 17 & 18  and has a margin of error of 4.9%.  Keep in mind, this is not my poll, [...]