Also from Right Democrat: Florida Republican Senator Mel Martinez will not be running for re-election in 2010. Democrats need a strong contender with appeal to moderate swing voters in Central Florida and the ability to narrow the gap in Republican-leaning North Florida. Congressman Allen Boyd seems like the right kind of Democrat to send Jeb Bush, Florida's worst Governor ever and the likely Repu...

Two new polls showed Newt Gingrich, who has been leading in the delegate count for the Republican nomination, at least 15 points behind among Florida voters

As the Republican presidential election campaign moves to Florida, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney launch a new round of attacks at each other

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Florida is to have a Tea Party senator after voting for Marco Rubio, a 39-year-old conservative Republican who is the son of Cuban immigrants.

The first of two today from Right Democrat: ORLANDO,FL - Florida Red and Blue, a political committee opposing Amendment 2, has released a TV ad which is both factually wrong and attempts to mislead and scare senior citizens. The ad will be aired on Florida stations during the Democratic National Convention through out this week. The campaign commercial has a prominent theme which is repeated three...

Florida's AARP (originally the American Association of Retired Persons) Director asks the presidential candidates to focus on healthcare and the economy You’ve heard it on Sky News and the BBC, and read it in papers from the Guardian to the tabloids: 2008 will be the year of the US youth vote. Yet even in 2008, Florida’s political portrait is mostly painted in shades of grey. Florida boasts...

The governor of Florida told the FT he would consider going to court to guarantee his right to permit offshore oil exploration around Florida's coasts

Also from Right Democrat: The Florida Marriage Protection Amendment continues to pick up Democratic support. The latest endorsement for Amendment 2 comes from Bob Hagenmaier, Democratic Nominee for State Representative in District 65. Hagenmaier stated: "I fully endorse the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment, which reads as follows: “In as much as marriage is the legal union of only one man a...

Pensacola, Florida, which depends on tourism and business from a large naval base nearby, has suffered a rash of cancellations in the past 10 days