Barack Obama's calmly assured response to the economic crisis and solid debate performance have bolstered the view among voters that he is ready to be chief executive, a crucial threshold he needs to cross to win the presidency. ...more

September 30, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama raised more money in August than any presidential candidate has ever recorded in a one-month period, with his campaign disclosing Sunday that it collected $66 million and drew 500,000 first-time donors to his candidacy. ...more

September 15, 2008

I am honored to have been selected to serve as an at-large-alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis and look forward to joining my fellow party members in ratifying the candidacy of Sen. John McCain as the party's nominee for president. ...more

August 31, 2008

Former Mayor Joe Johnston III wants to get back on the city council. ...more

August 30, 2008

Joe Affronti has won a second four-year term as mayor of Temple Terrace, with no challengers to his re-election bid. ...more

August 30, 2008

Temple Terrace's mayor will keep his seat, so the political focus now is on Ted Grevencamp, 63, Mary Jane Neale, 71, David Penoyer, 35, and incumbent Ron Govin, 68, who are vying for the four-year city council positions held by Frank Chillura and Govin. ...more

August 29, 2008

Republican incumbent Hillsborough County Commissioners Ken Hagan and Brian Blair ran away with their primary races, and newcomer Kevin Beckner prevailed over two other Democrats to face Blair in November. ...more

August 27, 2008

Turnout in today's primary is expected to be low even though an unusually large array of local Sarasota offices are on the ballot. ...more

August 26, 2008

Florida state Rep. Geraldine Thompson of Orlando was born in 1948 in New Orleans, and her birth certificate, she said, is labeled "colored." ...more

August 26, 2008

The widower of assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto said Saturday that he will run for the presidency, reviving questions about his cloudy political past and the future of the U.S. alliance with Pakistan. ...more

August 24, 2008