Charlie Crist leads the three-way race for the U.S. Senate seat with 37 percent, followed by 32 percent for Republican Marco Rubio and 17 percent for Jeff Greene, the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. If U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek wins the Democratic primary, Crist’s lead would [...]
Not so long ago, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s bid for the Senate was written off and his chances of winning seemed so remote that he needed to switch parties and run as an independent to have a chance at victory. Now, though, he has gained momentum and is campaigning with one of the most unusual [...]
Bay News 9 and our sister station in Orlando, News 13, will host candidates running for Senate and Florida Attorney General. These important political match ups will be broadcast in two Florida Decides specials in August. Republican candidates for Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Jeff Kottkamp and Holly Benson will debate Sunday, August 1st at [...]
Cribbin’ my blogging crush, The Reid Report: The new Quinnipiac poll has some news you’d expect — Rick Scott is still ahead of Bill McCollum — and some things that well, you’d also expect, since he’s spending so much money and flooding the zone with advertising. Namely, Jeff Greene has pulled ahead of Kendrick Meek. [...]
The St. Petersburg Times completely disassembles state House candidate April Sheffield in this tale of woe that details Sheffield’s problems with her advisors and vendors, how these troubles left her vulnerable to multiple election violation complaints and the candidate’s seeming inability to ever get control of her nickel-ante campaign. But the highlight of the article [...]
Take a break from the heat for iced coffee and casual conversation when ‘Breakfast With the Mayor’ visits the Tyrone Restaurant, 7815 38th Ave. N Wednesday, July 28 at 7 a.m. Everyone’s invited to start their morning with with Mayor Bill Foster and some of their favorites from the diner’s menu. ‘Breakfast With the Mayor’ [...]
Tiger Bay Club of Tampa will host a lunch meeting July 30, 2010 featuring candidates in the primary races for Hillsborough County Commission. Confirmed participants at the time of publication are: District 1 Trey Rustmann John Dingfelder Sandy Murman District 2 Victor Crist Linda Pearson District 3 Dwight Bolden Valerie Godard Les Miller Kevin White [...]
“This is one of the key races for the House, and Stacy Frank continues to show that she is an extremely strong candidate,” said Eric Jotkoff, spokesman for the Florida Democratic Party. “We look forward to helping her win in November.” Frank has raised about $177,000 so far. All that being said, this is Stacy [...]
Former Florida GOP Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday that he is “not running” for president in 2012. In a wide-open presidential primary field, Bush’s name has been floated as one of the few potential Republicans who might be able to attract voters beyond the typical GOP ranks. Proponents of a Bush run frequently note his [...]
The anticipation among Florida’s political aficionados preceding the airing of Kendrick Meek’s first television advertisement was almost as much as there is for tomorrow’s premiere of the second season of Jersey Shore. Unfortunately for Kendrick Meek, the story of Snooki and Co. is a lot more coherent than whatever message Meek is attempting to convey in his [...]
