Last year, 23-year-old Rashida Hill watched the presidential debates, visited the college political party meetings and put a Barack Obama bumper sticker on her townhouse door. She voted for Obama because she felt like the election was about "being a part of something." ...more

November 4, 2009

Cuban-American voters here remain dominated by an older generation with more extreme views on U.S.-Cuba foreign policy, including support for the U.S. embargo against their communist homeland, according to an exit poll taken during the 2008 election. ...more

March 21, 2009

So, Hillsborough County led the state in voter complaints. Was there ever a doubt that this election would be one more opportunity for Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson to add to his inglorious legacy? ...more

November 12, 2008

Americans wept tears of joy. They photographed their ballots to capture the moment. And in what could be historic numbers, they waited in line to make history. ...more

November 5, 2008

Typically, only those who attend rock or country music concerts wear T-shirts like those worn by dozens of Barack Obama county voters on Election Day Tuesday. ...more

November 5, 2008

American voters took a stunning historical step Tuesday, electing Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois the nation's first black president - an event few adults would have said two years ago that they expected to see in their lifetimes. ...more

November 5, 2008

Pasco County voters returned incumbent County Commissioners Ann Hildebrand and Jack Mariano to their seats on the five-member board Tuesday. ...more

November 5, 2008

Barack Obama radiated confidence Monday as he and his presidential rival reached for the finish line of a two-year marathon with a burst of campaigning across battlegrounds from the Atlantic Coast to Arizona. ...more

November 4, 2008

Barack Obama's grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the Democratic presidential contender, has died, Obama announced Monday, one day before the election. Madelyn Payne Dunham was 86. ...more

November 3, 2008

Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday. ...more

October 28, 2008