County Commissioner Ted Schrader of San Antonio held off challenger John Nicolette on Tuesday in a closely watched Republican primary marked by low voter turnout. ...more

August 27, 2008

Supervisor of Elections Annie Williams said she mailed out 432 new absentee ballots Saturday. ...more

July 22, 2008

ELECTIONS SUPERVISOR ACCEPTS BLAME ...more

July 18, 2008

Michael Burmann is demanding an absentee ballot do-over after the county supervisor of elections erroneously mailed out 432 of them with candidate names for the County Commission District 1 race listed in the wrong order. ...more

July 18, 2008

Is Hillsborough County ready for another political campaign featuring Tampa strip-club king Joe Redner? ...more

June 19, 2008

What goes around, comes around. Sen. McCain's long-time allegiance to President Bush has finally paid off. His position on the Iraqi war, amnesty bill, Free Trade bills, prescriptive drug bill, pension exemption for corporations bill, the China negotiation process, you name it, Sen. McCain was behind Bush all the way. What with all the talk about change, even by McCain, guess who endorses McCain? The establishment! Sen. McCain, war hero, beloved by all Americans, now vaulted to the front in the Republican race. How fitting. He was brutally trashed by those supporters of Bush in South Carolina in 2000, but said nothing (perhaps because of what happened to him in Vietnam). He did not blame President Bush. In fact, he supported just about all of Bush's policies, especially Iraq. All well and good, except for one key factor. He has reversed himself on almost all of them in the last two months, except one, the Iraqi war. He now proclaims his Straight Talk Express, which appears to have lost a wheel. He is promising just about everything, even getting Osama bin Ladin, because "he knows how." If so, why not now? He is pandering to every segment of the population, even the conservatives. He is counting on the military for support; yet, the government has exploited them from day one of the war. ...more

February 15, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama would narrowly defeat Republican John McCain if they were matched today in the presidential election, while McCain and Hillary Rodham Clinton are running about even, according to new general-election sentiment since the Super Tuesday contests. ...more

February 12, 2008

The famously superstitious John McCain carries a lucky nickel. It apparently has been working its magic. ...more

February 4, 2008

Hernando County voters hit the polls in earnest this time around, besting the state turnout rate by more than 7 percent. ...more

January 31, 2008

Hernando County Democrats picked Hillary Clinton, the Republicans chose John McCain and voters said yes to the Amendment 1 property tax reform measure. ...more

January 30, 2008