Though President Obama has run rings about the Republican Party in the debt-ceiling debate, that party can yet emerge victorious, if it will stick to its guns.
Of three of the biggest political names in Florida, only one -- former Gov. Charlie Crist -- has a favorable rating topping 40 percent, according to a new Sunshine State News poll.
By: Lane Wright
| Posted: November 3, 2010 5:14 AM
After hours of anticipation, and a shrinking lead, Rick Scott announced that, however narrow the margin, he will be the winner of the gubernatorial contest.
By: Lane Wright
| Posted: November 2, 2010 4:05 AM
Rick Scott pulled his big bus into a small-business parking lot in West Palm Beach on the eve of Election Day. He's in a tight race with Alex Sink, hoping he can get his supporters -- or at least those against Alex Sink and Democrats -- to the polls.
By: Kenric Ward
| Posted: October 30, 2010 4:05 AM
While Republican Rick Scott battles Democrat Alex Sink in a tight gubernatorial contest, Republicans hold steady 9- to 13-point leads for Florida's three other Cabinet-level positions, according to a Sunshine State News Poll.
By: Kenric Ward
| Posted: October 28, 2010 6:26 PM
According to Sunshine State News' nightly tracking poll, in the U.S. Senate race independent Charlie Crist has lost 2 percentage points since the surveys began Oct. 13. Meanwhile, Republican Marco Rubio has padded his lead by 4 points and Democrat Kendrick Meek has picked up a point.
After weeks of trying to get Alex Sink to answer questions about her own accountability in the much-ballyhooed Tallahassee Taj Mahal, Sink and her campaign finally allowed the question after a rally at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth.
By: Kenric Ward
| Posted: October 27, 2010 4:05 AM
Challenging Charlie Crist's credibility, NBC News' David Gregory hammered away at the independent Senate candidate's "evolving" positions on a host of issues Tuesday night.
Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson's slender hopes for retaining his 8th Congressional District seat would be all but dashed if he were in a one-on-one race with Republican Daniel Webster, a Sunshine State News Poll shows.
By: Kenric Ward
| Posted: September 29, 2010 4:05 AM
In one of the most closely watched U.S. House races in the nation, Republican Daniel Webster now holds a 7-point lead over Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson in Central Florida's 8th Congressional District, according to a new Sunshine State News Poll.
By: Lane Wright
| Posted: September 24, 2010 4:05 AM
While admitting to not having seen what's in the Republican "Pledge to America" today, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek used its tenets to attack the policies and records of both Republican Marco Rubio and the no-party-candidate Charlie Crist.
By: Lane Wright
| Posted: September 17, 2010 4:05 AM
Individual members of the South Florida Agriculture Association say they are departing from the association's traditional Republican stance to back a lieutenant governor candidate they know, Democrat Rod Smith.
By: Lane Wright
| Posted: September 13, 2010 4:05 AM
In a year when having a lot of political experience is seen as a negative, Scott Maddox and Adam Putnam attempt to defend their past political lives despite their individual controversies.
By: Lane Wright
| Posted: September 10, 2010 4:05 AM
It may not have all the glamor and hype of the U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races, but the commissioner of agriculture is not a race -- or a job -- to be ignored.
BP CLAIMS WORK GROUP OK'S RECOMMENDATIONS The head of the House work group overseeing the government claims process says it's too early to hold a special session on the BP oil spill because lost revenue data from the cities and counties won't be available for a while.
Lizbeth Benacquisto and Sharon Merchant are the Republican front-runners for the Senate District 27 primary election, but they have very different views on what it means to be Republican.
Close to 1,000 South Floridians braved an August-hot, oxygen-starved gymnasium Monday for no other reason than to see and hear former President Bill Clinton deliver some of that old-time religion.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink says she picked Rod Smith for his integrity, but Smith might also be able to draw big money into the campaign because of his past relationship with U.S. Sugar.
Kendrick Meek took time off his statewide bus tour to vote on the first day of early voting. Immediately after, he attended an early voting rally at the South Florida local of the AFL-CIO.
Heading into this month’s primary election there are at least 612,000 more Democrats than Republicans eligible to vote, Division of Elections figures released Monday show.
While the political spotlight remains on the close and dramatic contests for the governorship and the open U.S. Senate seat, a number of intriguing contests are shaping up for Florida Senate seats in both primaries and in the general election.
