Most American elections aren't particularly competitive. So an off-year election cycle featuring only three significant contests doesn't have any business being interesting. ...more

November 3, 2009

Highlands County Commissioner Guy Maxcy won a fifth consecutive four-year term in Tuesday's general election as voters also elected Jeff Carlson to the county commission. Maxcy and Carlson, both Republicans, won by resounding margins. ...more

November 5, 2008

SEBRING — First-term Republican Highlands County Commissioner Barbara Stewart won a second-four-year term Friday afternoon when nobody filed to run against her for the commission seat from the Avon Park district. Meanwhile, state Rep. Denise Grimsley, R- Lake Placid, will have a potentially formidable opponent in her bid for re-election. At 3:30 p.m. Friday, three and a half hours after the noon deadline for certifying candidates, the Florida Division of Elections certfified a potentially formidable independent candidate who goes straight to the November general election. ...more

June 20, 2008

Some people will drive long and far for a freedom message. More than 25 people from across the Suncoast converged on the Four Corners intersection Saturday morning to show their support for a presidential candidate whose campaign has centered on ideas of peace, preservation of civil liberties, lowered taxes and free trade. ...more

January 8, 2008

Some people will drive long and far for a freedom message. More than 25 people from across the Suncoast converged on the Four Corners intersection Saturday morning to show their support for a presidential candidate whose campaign has centered on ideas of peace, preservation of civil liberties, lowered taxes and free trade. ...more

January 7, 2008

Some people will drive long and far for a freedom message. ...more

January 6, 2008