After a race that was occasionally punishing but ultimately rewarding, incumbent Sheriff Susan Benton won her bid for a second term. ...more

November 5, 2008

Joe Biden won a seventh Senate term Tuesday, defeating Republican challenger Christine O'Donnell and setting up several intriguing possibilities because he also won the vice presidency. ...more

November 5, 2008

After narrowly defeating his Republican challenger in the primary, Sheriff Bob White heads into the Nov. 4 general election with something to prove against his Democratic opponent K.S. "Kim" Bogart and Bobby Kinzy, a registered Democrat running with no party affiliation. ...more

October 25, 2008

Pasco County voters have a chance Nov. 4 either to bring new faces to government or reward those already there with another term. ...more

October 19, 2008

If voters in the 16th Congressional district were struggling to decide whom to vote for in our district's U.S. House of Representative race, the process got a lot easier this week. Rep. Tim Mahoney's troubles concerning an affair, and now allegations of another affair, are enough to knock him from consideration. Besides all that, his Republican challenger, Tom Rooney, is a quality candidate whom we endorse for the position. ...more

October 17, 2008

A day after media reports surfaced that Democratic Congressman Tim Mahoney had carried on an affair with a former aide and paid to keep her quiet, he issued a press release Tuesday saying he takes "full responsibility for my actions and the pain I have caused my wife Terry and my daughter Bailey," but denied misusing campaign funds or paying her any money. ...more

October 14, 2008

Anderson, Guadagnino, Williams face off in Nov. 4 elections. ...more

October 14, 2008

The opponents in the races for sheriff and clerk of courts did the most sparring Monday morning as all eight candidates running for the four countywide offices on the Nov. 4 ballot spoke at the Highlands County Homeowners Association. ...more

October 14, 2008

All eight candidates running for countywide office in the Nov. 4 general election are scheduled to speak at the Highlands County Homeowners Association meeting today. ...more

October 13, 2008

Last week, Tom Rooney criticized Tim Mahoney for living in a barn. This week, it turns out that the Republican challenger had listed his home address at the Palm Beach Kennel Club from December 1998 to December 2003. ...more

September 27, 2008