Florida Political News
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Mack opens big lead in Florida GOP Senate contest
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV of Fort Myers has become the frontrunner in a three-way contest for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows. The conservative congressman with a famous name received 40 percent support from a group of 742 registered Republican voters ...
Ex-congressman Grayson kicks off new campaign in hopes of returning
Former Democratic congressman Alan Grayson is kicking off a new campaign in hopes of returning to Congress. Grayson made the announcement at an event in Osceola County on Tuesday. The new congressional seat was supposed to give central Florida's growing Latino population the opportunity to elect one of their own. ...
Romney's support up in Florida's presidential race
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has moved into a lead over President Barack Obama in the crucial swing state of Florida, a new poll shows. Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, was preferred by 47 percent to Obama's 41 percent among a random telephone survey of 1,722 registered Florida voters conducted ...
President Obama to address Latino leaders in Orlando
President Barack Obama is expected to make a stop in Orlando, next month. The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials announced Tuesday that the president will speak at its annual three-day conference. The organization said it's a chance for him to address key issues facing the Latino community. ...
Fla. Gov. started push to remove voters from rolls
Florida's quest to identify and remove non-U.S. citizens from the voter rolls was started at the direct urging of Gov. Rick Scott, the state's former top elections official said. Ex-Secretary of State Kurt Browning, who resigned this year, told The Associated Press that Scott asked him whether or not non-U.S. ...
Romney, Scott see economic recovery differently
Republican Gov. Rick Scott's sunny view of Florida's economy stands in stark contrast to a darker message his party's presumptive presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, has been sending. Scott last week hailed another decline in the state's unemployment rate as a sign that Florida, the largest of the presidential swing states, ...
Fla. residents identified as illegal voters notified by mail
Elections officials across the state are sending out notices to people who have been identified as illegal voters, but WFTV found out the list may be flawed and could prevent people from being able to vote. Ryan Gebon has been living in the U.S. for more than 30 years. Immigrants ...
Judge's race complicated by transposed numbers
When incumbent Judge Lee Schreiber was the only person to file paperwork it appeared she would automatically be re-elected to another four-year term in southwest Florida's 20th Judicial Circuit. But the Florida Division of Elections tossed her paperwork because her filing fee check was $9 short of the official cost ...
Ed secretary questions Fla. law on tutoring
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan questioned Thursday why the Florida Legislature passed a law requiring districts to continue tutoring services that have not proven effective. Florida was one of nearly a dozen states that received a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law earlier this year. That waiver ...
New panel to focus on Florida higher ed. access
The chairman of the Board of Governors on Wednesday added to the growing list of committees, task forces and other panels examining higher education in Florida. Dean Colson announced that his new seven-member commission will focus on access and degree attainment. Colson is giving the panel a year to present ...
Nominating panel seeks applicants for Florida PSC
A nominating panel is seeking applicants for the Florida Public Service Commission seat held by Lisa Polak Edger, whose term expires in January. A commission spokeswoman on Tuesday declined to say whether Edgar would seek reappointment to the utility regulating panel. Her only comment was that Edgar would abide by ...
Crossroads announcing $25 million ad push
An independent group favoring Republican Mitt Romney is launching a $25 million, monthlong advertising campaign against President Barack Obama in 10 states, further escalating an expensive TV ad war in presidential battleground states less than six months before Election Day. Crossroads GPS was opening its effort Thursday, spending $8 million ...
Fla. 1st lady gives 1st of 200,000 baby journals
Florida's first lady has presented the first of 200,000 Love.Read.Learn Baby Journals to the mother of newborn in Tallahassee. The journals are designed as one of the first gifts a child receives to encourage literacy and health. Ann Scott, wife of Gov. Rick Scott, is partnering with the Volunteer USA ...
Students: FCAT writing scores were discouraging
An emergency rule lowering the passing grade for Florida's standardized writing test will keep the failure rate essentially unchanged from last year. The state has decided to lower the passing grade for the writing portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test to 3.0, versus the 4.0 grade that had been ...
6 WWII veterans to receive France's highest honor
Six World War II veterans will receive France's highest honor in a ceremony in Pinellas Park. The veterans will be awarded medals Friday deeming them knights in the National Order of the Legion of Honor for their service liberating France. The ceremony in Pinellas Park puts the veterans in the ...
Opponents face off against State Attorney Lawson Lamar
State Attorney Lawson Lamar and Jeff Ashton faced off against two other candidates running for Ninth Circuit state attorney at a forum put on by the League of Women Voters. "The office of the State Attorney's Office has far too long been taken for granted," Ashton said. Ashton, known for ...
Florida justices uphold charter county term limits
Florida's 20 charter counties can impose term limits on their elected officials, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The justices receded from an earlier opinion against such restrictions on how long sheriffs, court clerks and other local constitutional officers can serve. In a pair of new opinions in cases from ...
Fla. may remove thousands from voter rolls
Florida may remove thousands of voters from the rolls because they are not U.S. citizens. State officials announced Wednesday that they have identified more than 2,600 people who are in Florida legally but may not be eligible to vote. The announcement comes at the same time the state, the U.S. ...
Fla. Board of Ed approves school grade changes
The state Board of Education approved additional changes Thursday in how school grades are calculated, despite concerns from district leaders who say the adjustments will unfairly penalize disabled students and English learners. At its meeting in Tampa, Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson proposed five amendments to school grade changes adopted in ...
APNewsBreak: Chamber to run congressional ads
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is launching ads in Florida, Missouri, Hawaii and Ohio as Democrats struggle to hold Senate seats and their slim majority. The Republican-friendly lobbying group is also targeting 17 House races from New York to Minnesota. The ads, hitting Democratic incumbents over votes for President Barack ...
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