Category: Florida Politics

Florida Primary Coverage »

Bill Bradley is blogging the Florida primary for Pajamas Media. Several Floridians are contributing to his reports. I…

Florida’s Turn »

The polls will open in about an hour. Republicans are voting in a winner take all primary for 57 delegates. Democrats…

Florida Dems Go “Coke Zero” Route »

I think they are some of the dumbest ads on TV, and that’s a low bar to get u…

Dancing With The States »

You can read my take on the Primary maneuvering taking place this year here.

Oh, Waah! »

As the Senate continues the Shamnesty Shell Game, local law enforcement is doing the job federal officials won’t.
The sheriff’s department has developed a remarkably effective—and controversial—way of catching illegal immigrants: Deputies in patrol cars pull up to a construction site in force, and watch and see who runs.
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“It’s not wrong for them to run, [...]

Red State Floridian Blogroll Returns »

Attention Florida Bloggers. I have revived the Red State Floridian Blogroll. If you are a Florida blogger sign up here. If you previously had the blogroll code on your site, you will have to change it with the new code.
You can use the mail form, but if it acts wonky just send a note to [...]

Common Sense Will Not Make The Dems Happy »

You can just bet that this is going to make the Florida DemocRATS go crazy.
Voters deciding on a replacement for disgraced Rep. Mark Foley (news, bio, voting record) may be provided with a list of candidates in the race as they enter the voting booth next month, an appeals court ruled Friday.
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A replacement GOP candidate, [...]

Florida Primary »

Here are a few of the interim results for today’s Florida primary elections (source):
For Governor
Republican — Charlie Crist is leading Tom Gallagher 64.8% to 32.5% (the other two candidates share just over 1% each).
Democrat — Jim Davis is ahead of Rod Smith 47.1% to 41.2% (the other three challengers are pulling down between 2.5-5.5% each).
Senate
In [...]