Mike Gravel will not be part of the next Democratic presidential debate, Oct. 30 in Philadelphia. ...more

October 20, 2007

Political leaders in both parties are trying to reassure Floridians that despite national party sanctions against the state's Jan. 29 primary, their votes will count in the presidential primaries. ...more

October 20, 2007

Howard Dean came to Florida Tuesday to raise money for his party and to make peace with the state's Democrats. He tried to make light of his decision to disenfranchise Democratic voters, calling it a spat between politicians that will be quickly forgotten - an insulting position likely to alienate voters further. ...more

October 11, 2007

Four Democratic candidates have withdrawn from Michigan's Jan. 15 presidential primary, leaving what amounts to a beauty contest for front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and a handful of lesser-knowns. ...more

October 10, 2007

National Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean waded into hostile territory Tuesday with a Tallahassee fundraiser and news conference where he played down the importance of the Florida presidential primary fiasco. ...more

October 10, 2007

The position taken by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Democratic Parties in the states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina is harmful to Florida and other states, selfish, probably illegal, and should be reversed. It is causing harm to Democratic efforts to win Florida and the White House. ...more

October 7, 2007

TAMPA — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Friday filed by a Tampa Democratic activist against the national and state Democratic parties over the national party's decision to strip Florida of its delegates for next year's presidential nominating convention. ...more

October 6, 2007

The first legal challenge to the Democratic National Committee's refusal to seat Florida's delegates to the party's national convention next year was thrown out of federal court Friday. ...more

October 6, 2007

A refusal by the Democratic National Committee to seat Florida's delegates to the national convention next year would be an act of discrimination against black voters, a lawsuit filed Wednesday contends. ...more

October 5, 2007

Sen. Bill Nelson spent more than a month trying to convince Howard Dean to come up with a plan under which the votes made by Florida's Democrats in the January primary would count for something, but the chairman of the Democratic National Committee rebuffed him at every turn. ...more

October 5, 2007