Hillsborough County Commissioner Brian Blair said this morning he is not ready to concede defeat in his race with Democrat Kevin Beckner. ...more

November 6, 2008

Bob Germaine has fulfilled his goal in life: rising to the top. "I started working here when I was 21 years old," said Germaine, 57, who is currently one of two top directors under incumbent Clerk of Courts Luke Brooker. ...more

November 5, 2008

Almost 200 U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq celebrated Tuesday's elections in a special way, being sworn in as U.S. citizens. ...more

November 5, 2008

Rep. Rob Schenck easily won a second term in the state House on Tuesday, according to unofficial results. ...more

November 5, 2008

An anti-incumbent wave swept clear the decks of the county commission Tuesday night - at least for Democrats - as Diane Rowden and Chris Kingsley were voted out of office. ...more

November 5, 2008

Voters elected real estate agent Manny Funes to the Zephyrhills City Council on Tuesday. ...more

November 5, 2008

Preliminary results from a national Associated Press exit poll of voters in Tuesday's elections: ...more

November 5, 2008

Betty Owen is 92 and after a stroke four years ago, needs a feeding tube and can't walk. But she was determined not to miss Tuesday's election. She arrived at her polling place on a gurney in an ambulance, where an election judge and support worker climbed aboard with an electronic voting machine and let her cast her ballot. ...more

November 4, 2008

It was 5 p.m. at the Alice Hall Community Center in Zephyrhills and more ducks were being fed outside the building than humans casting ballots inside. An estimated 1,200 voters were expected at the precinct on Election Day, but with two hours until the polls closed, just over 600 voters had been through the doors. ...more

November 4, 2008

3:04 p.m.: There was a line of people waiting to vote at the Alice Hall Community Center in Zephyrhills. ...more

November 4, 2008