Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney stormed to a convincing win in Florida’s Republican presidential primary Tuesday, bolstering the front-runner’s argument that he is the best candidate to compete with President Barack Obama in swing states in the general election. With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Romney had 46 percent of the vote to former U.S. [...]
Not lost in all of the national attention given to the presidential primary were several municipal races scattered throughout Tampa Bay. Most significant of these local races was George Cretekos winning the Mayor’s office in Clearwater. Cretekos beat out political newcomer Christine Marketos-Cuomo in Tuesday’s election, which saw less than 17,000 people make a choice at the [...]
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney stormed to a convincing win in Florida’s Republican presidential primary Tuesday, bolstering the front-runner’s argument that he is the best candidate to compete with President Barack Obama in swing states in the general election, reports Brandon Larrabee of the News Service of Florida. With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Romney [...]
A controversial prison privatization bill expected to come to the Florida Senate floor on Wednesday is testing a version of the old adage that “politics makes strange bedfellows.” In the case of Sen. Greg Evers, the ‘bedfellow’ is his own wife — powerful Democrat lobbyist Lori Weems — who actively opposes the prison privatization move [...]
As of 9:05 p.m., with 5098 of 6796 precincts in (75% of the vote), Mitt Romney has 47% of the vote, Newt Gingrich has 31% of the vote with Rick Santorum at 13% and Ron Paul at 7%. Toot, toot! I emailed James Hohmann of Politico this morning at 10:23 a.m., writing this prediction: I’m [...]
Two in three Florida primary voters say the presidential debates were an important factor in their vote, according to early CBS News exit polls. That’s a positive sign for Mitt Romney, who was widely seen as besting rival Newt Gingrich in the two Sunshine State debates over the past week. For evidence of the importance [...]
Slots are on their way to Gadsen County. Maybe. With all precincts reporting, those in favor of allowing slot machines at a newly opened pari-mutuel facility in Gretna dramatically outpaced those opposed. 6,042 voters were in favor of allowing slots at Gretna, while 3,558 were opposed. Some residents say they’re voting in favor of slot [...]
Former state Rep. Adam Hasner will drop out of the Republican Senate primary and instead run for Congress. A source close to the campaign said Hasner will make the announcement Tuesday. The source didn’t want to be named before the announcement is made. Hasner trails far behind frontrunner Rep. Connie Mack in polls and is [...]
Top line exit polls posted by the Drudge Report show Mitt Romney crushing the field with 52%, followed by Newt Gingrich at 26%, Rick Santorum at 12% and Ron Paul at 8%. If those numbers hold up, it would be a crushing defeat for Gingrich.
While about 650,000 votes were cast early, either in early voting or by absentee, Election Day turnout is shaping up to be light, according to several sources, reports the News Service of Florida. The state’s top elections official Kurt Browning, earlier said turnout was “light to moderate.” The supervisor of elections in Orange County said [...]
