City voters should expect a long political season. A year before Tampa's next municipal elections, city council candidates are already taking their campaigns on the road. ...more

March 17, 2010

A year before Tampa's next municipal elections, city council candidates are already taking their campaigns on the road. Three political newcomers, an incumbent and a former state legislator, all candidates for Tampa City Council seats, made their pitch Monday at a political forum sponsored by the New Tampa Chamber of Commerce. About 25 chamber members attended the lunchtime gathering at the Pebble Creek Golf Club, 10550 Regents Park Drive. ...more

March 9, 2010

Revelations that Marco Rubio used a Republican Party credit card for personal expenses while he was a powerful state legislator set off a frenzy Thursday - criticism of Rubio by his U.S. Senate primary opponent, Gov. Charlie Crist, as well as criticism of the state Republican Party by Democrats. ...more

February 26, 2010

Sheriff Susan Benton's base salary is $123,129. State Rep. Denise Grimsley's base salary is $29,697. ...more

February 26, 2010

Will Weatherford and Elena McCullough are neighbors in the relatively small but affluent Brookside community. ...more

January 17, 2010

Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi of Tampa has made it official – she's running for Florida attorney general. ...more

December 1, 2009

Election chiefs in Florida walk a fine line between politics and the oath of office. ...more

February 21, 2009

BARTOW (AP) - U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam would rather be in Florida. Joined by friends and family Thursday in his Bartow hometown, the 34-year-old former state legislator and five-term Republican congressman formally announced his plans to run for Florida agriculture commissioner. ...more

February 20, 2009

The League of Women Voters, which launched the careers of some of Hillsborough County's most prominent female politicians, has fallen on hard times. ...more

February 16, 2009

Barack Obama has paid tribute to Abraham Lincoln in many ways, from tracing his inaugural path ...more

February 12, 2009