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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 16, 2016

There may be a month until Florida’s presidential preference primary, but thousands of Sunshine State voters are already casting their ballots. Elections offices across the state have sent about 1.8 million absentee, or vote by mail, ballots this election cycle. About 47 percent of those ballots went to registered Republicans; while 40 percent were sent […]

Associated PressFebruary 11, 2016

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Grudge match. Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders get back in the debate ring Thursday night with an increasingly bitter family score to settle. The debate comes just 48 hours after Sanders’ victory over Clinton in the New Hampshire primary by 22 percentage points, a jagged pill made more so because she lost […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 8, 2016

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Donald Trump leads in Florida, but Marco Rubio is in second place, according to a new poll from Florida Southern College. The survey found Trump maintains the top spot in Florida among registered Republican voters with 27 percent. Rubio is in second with 20 percent, followed by Ted Cruz at 12 percent and Ben Carson […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 5, 2016

Marco Rubio is the most likely Republican to win the general election, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. The survey found Rubio does the best in a hypothetical general election match-up. The survey found Rubio would best Democrat Hillary Clinton, 48 percent to 41 percent. In a hypothetical match-up between Rubio and Bernie Sanders, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 3, 2016

There’s still more than a month before the Florida primary, but some voters are already casting their ballots. Elections officials have already mailed 28,862 ballots to military and civilian voters living overseas. The deadline to get those ballots in the mail was Saturday. The next round of vote-by-mail ballots are scheduled to go out Tuesday […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 28, 2016

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With four days before the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump has pulled ahead of Ted Cruz in the Hawkeye State and holds commanding leads in New Hampshire and South Carolina. Among likely GOP caucus-goers, Trump leads Cruz in Iowa, 32 percent to 25 percent, according to NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll. Marco Rubio is in third […]

Associated PressJanuary 9, 2016

Hillary Clinton jumped at a chance Friday to portray rival Sen. Bernie Sanders as being at odds with President Barack Obama on gun control after the president denounced legislation protecting gun-makers from lawsuits. Clinton’s campaign chairman, former Obama adviser John Podesta, called on Sanders to join Obama and Clinton by taking on the issue of […]

Associated PressJanuary 9, 2016

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is at risk of being excluded from the next Democratic presidential debate based on criteria released Friday by NBC News. In order to qualify for the Jan. 17 debate in Charleston, South Carolina, a candidate must reach an average of 5 percent either in recent national polls or in polls in the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 7, 2016

Some Florida voters could be casting their ballots around the same time as voters in early voting states. Thousands of vote-by-mail, or absentee, ballots are expected to be sent out in advance of Florida’s presidential preference primary. According to the Florida Division of Elections, the first wave of mail ballots will by sent to military […]

Bob SparksDecember 22, 2015

This past week, former state Sen. Al Lawson revealed his intention to run for Congress in the newly configured 5th District. The announcement from Lawson, a Democrat from Tallahassee, puts in motion a chain reaction of events that will make this one worthy of attention. “North Florida needs a strong, progressive voice in Washington to […]

Tag: 2016 Democratic primary

Voter registration deadline looms for Florida’s presidential primary as millions begin casting ballots

Viewers’ Guide: Post-NH, a tense Hillary Clinton-Bernie Sanders rematch

Marco Rubio in 2nd place in Florida, new poll finds

Quinnipiac poll says Marco Rubio would fare best in general election

Over 28K overseas ballots sent as registration deadline nears for March presidential primary

NBC Poll: Donald Trump leads in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina

Hillary Clinton portrays Bernie Sanders as at odds with Barack Obama on guns

Martin O’Malley could be excluded from upcoming Democratic debate

First wave of ballots in Florida set to be mailed before voting begins in Iowa, New Hampshire

Bob Sparks: U.S. House District 5 race will be one to watch