Today’s Orlando Sentinel talks about the implications of Amendment 3, which requires a 60% vote to pass future amendments to Florida’s constitution. Of the six amendments on the ballot, Amendment 3 passed with the smallest margin 57.8% to 42.2%. Only … Continue reading
In less than four months, the voters in the City of Tampa will be among the next group to cast ballots. Typically most voters ignore municipal elections — which is ironic given that the Mayor and City Council have a … Continue reading
Sometimes it can be educational to look backwards and review what has transpired, especially when you have two elections so closely linked as Bill Nelson’s victories in 2000 and 2006. First, let’s get into the Wayback Machine and travel back … Continue reading
The Associated Press has called Virgina for Webb: Democrat Jim Webb won Virginia’s pivotal U.S. Senate race Wednesday, unseating Republican George Allen and giving the Democrats total control of Congress. … AP contacted election officials in all 134 localities where … Continue reading
Montana has been called for Democrat Jon Tester. The net gain for Democrats is now +5. But the Democratic candidate (Webb) is also winning in the Virginia. If this last state holds true, the Democrats take control of the Senate … Continue reading
Some may argue the race for 2008 started a while back, when you consider the list of Republicans and Democrats that were touring the country helping party members up and down tickets. Clinton. McCain. Obama. Giuliani. Edwards. Romney. The parade … Continue reading
Reading political tea leaves is difficult sometimes, but we did very well this year. The State of Sunshine made predictions yesterday in 143 races, getting 124 of them correct — and two races are close enough to trigger an automatic … Continue reading
Okay. So I am sure that Alex Sink does not appreciate the ‘kitchen’ reference, and it does not signify some kind of subconscious misogyny — but the statewide races proved at least a little bit interesting. U.S. Senate From the … Continue reading
Earlier this fall, I made a bet with Catherine Durkin-Robinson at Out in Left Field. She was a proud, loyal supporter of Congressman Jim Davis’ bid for governor. I did and do admire both her passionate support and dedication to … Continue reading
As the State of Sunshine — and so many other pundits — predicted, the Democrats have taken control of the United States House of Representatives. This brings up four words that will make conservatives shudder: Majority Leader Harry Reid. Before … Continue reading