In a window at Atwater's Cafeteria, a soul food restaurant on the city's predominantly black south side, there are campaign signs for both of the candidates competing in this week's mayoral race. ...more

November 1, 2009

Rival candidates Bill Foster and Kathleen Ford are both white former city council members who work as lawyers. The similarities end there. ...more

October 30, 2009

Florida voters want Charlie Crist to remain governor instead of going to the U.S. Senate, but he is a strong contender for either race, new poll results show. ...more

February 19, 2009

Florida voters want Charlie Crist to remain governor instead of going to the U.S. Senate, but he is still a strong contender for either race, new poll results show. ...more

February 18, 2009

President Barack Obama ran into the perfect ethical storm — probably due to a failure in his vetting process. ...more

February 7, 2009

While political polls suggest that voters are split evenly on who should serve as their next president, everyone informally interviewed by Highlands Today at the Lakeshore Mall food court on Friday, agreed that the campaign runs too long. ...more

August 31, 2008

Dolly Cummings, John Smith and Mary Ann Wilhelm all share the same goal: They want to be the honorary mayor of Ruskin. ...more

July 5, 2008

Leopoldo Lopez won his last election as mayor of an affluent Caracas district with 81 percent of the vote. Female supporters mobbed him at a recent Mother's Day appearance, posing for photos while he and his wife handed out roses. ...more

May 24, 2008