Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Guest AuthorNovember 20, 2018

As you probably know, Florida law required a machine recount in the races for Governor, Senate and Agriculture Commissioner, because there was less than a 0.5 percent difference in the statewide vote tallies for each of those races. After the machine recount, there was a manual recount for both the Senate and Commissioner of Agriculture, […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 4, 2018

Maybe more than any election in a long time, voters in the middle might as well be people without a candidate. Think about it. Maybe your politics are center-right. You might be generally conservative but will vote for something that sounds somewhat liberal if you decide it’s a good thing. Or, maybe you’re the opposite […]

Joe HendersonJune 27, 2018

Attorney General Pam Bondi was harassed by protestors last Friday when she was at a movie theater in Tampa for a screening of the Mr. Rogers’ movie “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” Video of the incident went viral. Interestingly, it was captured by a member of Organize Florida who happened to be on the scene. […]

Joe HendersonMay 22, 2018

The New York Times reported that the number of young people registering to vote since the Parkland killings continues to, using the newspaper’s word, “accelerate.” That trend is likely to spike upward again following Friday’s massacre at Santa Fe High School in Texas. The overriding factor for the increases obviously would seem to be gun […]

Joe HendersonMay 7, 2018

There were separate but connected developments over the weekend that tell us much about politics in our state and nation. First, it was reported that U.S. Sen. John McCain let it be known he wants Barack Obama and George W. Bush to speak at his funeral when his fight against brain cancer reaches its end. […]

Joe HendersonApril 23, 2018

Rick Scott’s greatest political gift has been perfect timing. He proved that in 2010 when he tapped into Floridians’ angst over the recession with an oft-repeated simple slogan: “Let’s Get To Work.” Even after the first election, you could ask him about the weather or the NFL draft and his answer was always the same: […]

Joe HendersonNovember 27, 2017

Et tu, John? That’s the question many Florida Democrats are still asking as they seek salve for the Thanksgiving weekend stab in their collective backs from powerhouse Orlando attorney John Morgan. It wasn’t enough that after many months of teasing, he announced – on Facebook, of course – that he would not enter the 2018 […]

Tag: 2018 Florida election

Tina Willis: Why Florida’s manual recount was important, regardless of outcome

Joe Henderson: Voters in the middle, where is your candidate?

Joe Henderson: It’s getting harder to identify the good guys

Joe Henderson: Sure, young people are registering to vote, but for whom?

Joe Henderson: How different are things really now for Florida Dems?

Joe Henderson: Rick Scott betting his timing is right again

Joe Henderson: Dems better hear John Morgan’s warning