AltWeeklies Wire
Florida Dems Search for a Gubernatorial Candidatenew

The speculation runs rampant as Democrats ponder who will run against Rick Scott.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Mitch Perry |
05-17-2013 |
Elections
Tags: Mitch Perry
Voting Rights: Who Needs ’Em?new

After the Florida debacle, you'd think the talk would be about protecting voters’ rights. You'd be wrong.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Mitch Perry |
11-20-2012 |
Elections
Tags: Racism, Florida voting
RNC Photo Diary 8/26: Dogs, pigs, horses & cowboysnew

A roundup of images from Sunday's parties and protests in Tampa and St. Petersburg.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Joeff Davis |
08-28-2012 |
Politics
Clobbering the Courtnew

The right-wing, Rick Scott-approved campaign to oust the Florida Supreme Court's moderate justices.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Scott Farrell |
07-19-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Politics
Are You Ready for Stupor Tuesday?new

Romney & Sons are favored, but his favorability ratings aren't too hot.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Mitch Perry |
03-05-2012 |
Elections
GOP Intelligentsia's Latest Hope: Waiting (Again) on Christie?new

Many conservative thinkers are saying it's over for Perry, and beginning (again) for Christie.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Mitch Perry |
09-26-2011 |
Elections
Politics needs a fix ... and here's where to startnew
both presidential candidates running so hard to pick up new voters to their cause that they risk alienating their original supporters; a swindler telling the FBI he allegedly raised thousands for a Tampa Bay politician with the explicit promise that the pol would vote for his zoning changes; a supervisor of elections who testified in a deposition that he really doesn't know a heck of a lot about how his office works.
Is there any wonder why voters aren't super-psyched for the primary?
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Wayne Garcia |
08-14-2008 |
Commentary
Dirty Tricks and Registration Difficulties Impact Florida's Youth Votenew
College students on campuses throughout Florida are mobilizing for a big election year, but that doesn't mean casting a ballot will be easy.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Amelia Harnish and Ben Fry |
06-18-2008 |
Politics
Student Blogger Breaks Florida Political Newsnew
With dailies paying less attention to state politics, it's left to political bloggers to break news -- as a Florida State University student did when he noticed that certain state Democrats had registered Website names for future campaigns.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Wayne Garcia |
12-17-2004 |
Politics