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Anne LindbergNovember 7, 2016

With less than a day to go before the polls open for the last time, former Gov. Charlie Crist and St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman spent some time Monday urging people to vote if they had not already done so. Kriseman and Crist, who is running for the Congressional District 13 seat held by Republican […]

Anne LindbergNovember 6, 2016

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As the final day of early voting wound down, there were lines at voting sites and overall turnout was about 47.8 percent in Pinellas. That number included both mail-in ballots that had been received and early voting as of about 4 p.m. Sunday, a day that saw candidates scrambling for every vote still left on […]

Anne LindbergNovember 2, 2016

Civil rights icon John Lewis, now a congressman from Georgia, came to St. Petersburg on Wednesday to support former Gov. Charlie Crist. Crist, a Democrat, is running against Republican incumbent David Jolly for Florida’s 13th Congressional District. Lewis, who has represented Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District since 1986, said he had followed Crist’s career. “I’m delighted […]

Anne LindbergOctober 29, 2016

For the second time, requests for mail-in ballots have exceeded the 300,000 mark in Pinellas County, according to Deborah Clark, supervisor of elections. The 300,593 ballots requested as of 9 p.m. Friday does not set a record. The record of 308,842 was sent in 2012 during the last presidential election. But the number is close […]

Anne LindbergOctober 25, 2016

Outgoing Democratic state Rep. Dwight Dudley and several Pinellas activists gathered Tuesday to call out U.S. Rep. David Jolly for his “failure to stand up for” the people of Congressional District 13. Dudley and the others gathered in Williams Park, across from Duke Energy, which they accused of “ripping off” consumers. “Big energy companies like […]

Anne LindbergOctober 21, 2016

As the election enters the homestretch, a group of African-American mayors and former mayors from across the U.S. have jumped on the bus for Hillary Clinton — literally. They’re taking a bus around Florida on the “Souls to Polls Train” to take a message to the African-American and Latin communities in particular — elect Hillary. “Her message […]

Anne LindbergOctober 19, 2016

When candidates run for local nonpartisan offices — mayor, council member, or commissioner — they’re supposed to keep party politics out of the conversation. And, for the most part, that’s the way it is. But in some races this year, partisan money is helping finance local candidates. Take the City of Largo, for example, where […]

Anne LindbergOctober 19, 2016

State Sen. Jack Latvala has called for a follow-up workshop meeting of the Pinellas legislative delegation to hear and discuss the effects of the recent discharge of untreated sewage into Tampa Bay waters by cities in Pinellas County during Hurricane Hermine. The meeting will be Nov. 16, from 9-11:30 a.m. at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s […]

Anne LindbergOctober 18, 2016

Pinellas County Commissioner Janet Long donated $100 to Chris Latvala’s re-election campaign. Long is a Democrat. Latvala is a Republican. “I support those who I think are really, really good leaders,” Long said. “I have found him to have quite a bit of depth for a man of his age.” Long said Tuesday that, at […]

Anne LindbergOctober 15, 2016

Former Gov. Charlie Crist and St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman gave two members of the U.S. Congress an up close look at some of the challenges the city is facing with its outdated sewer system. In turn, they urged support for Charlie Crist in the upcoming election. Crist is running for the Congressional District 13 […]

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Charlie Crist, Rick Kriseman, Alex Sink get out the vote

Charlie Crist leads “souls to the polls” on final day of early voting

Congressman, civil rights icon John Lewis: Vote, vote, vote

More than 300,000 Pinellas voters have requested mail ballots

Dwight Dudley, activists slam David Jolly; Jolly’s spokeswoman slams Charlie Crist

African-American mayors bring a message to St. Pete and Tampa: Vote for Hillary

Party, PAC money seeps into nonpartisan municipal races

Jack Latvala calls for delegation to meet again to discuss Pinellas sewer woes

Janet Long donates to Chris Latvala’s HD 67 campaign

Charlie Crist is needed in the U.S. House, congresswomen say