What a relief! Former Florida House Speaker, Marco Rubio, is in the run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez. He indicated his desire for the post on Univision-Miami, however the official announcement is to be aired … Continue reading
Okay. I goofed. Y’all read it. I proclaimed Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan’s to-be-vacated seat would be appointed. Allow me to clean the egg off my face. You see, I was going on the literal reading of the Florida Constitution … Continue reading
Beth Reinhard of the Miami Herald is reporting that former Republican House speaker Marco Rubio will run for the United States Senate seat: Okay, so it’s not unexpected that former House Speaker Marco Rubio is actively running for the U.S. … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, the news broke that Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan, currently in District 2, has filed to run for outgoing Commissioner Jim Norman’s District 5 seat. I posted about this a few weeks ago. Wayne Garcia posted … Continue reading
With a hat-tip to Mariella Smith, who posted a note on Facebook, it seems County Commissioner Ken Hagan has decided after all to run for outgoing County Commissioner Jim Norman’s seat. This could trigger Governor Crist to appoint a replacement … Continue reading
It came in the form of a Facebook status update: Ken Welch is remaining on the County Commission, and looking forward to the challenges ahead… This comes the same day that State Representative Rick Kriseman decided not to run for … Continue reading
Last week, Peter Schorsch Posted the CW was State Representative Rick Kriseman would be staying in his seat, not running for Mayor of St. Petersburg. This morning there is a headline with no post on Kriseman’s personal website: “Running for … Continue reading
While the Super Bowl was being played in Tampa, news was breaking up Interstate 4 that everyone and their brother had been expecting: Congressman Adam Putnam will be running for the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture: U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam, who … Continue reading
Last week, I wrote a post for PoHo on Creative Loafing discussing why I think the Republicans in DC need Charlie much more than they need him: Charlie Crist remains über popular. He is on track to cruise to re-election … Continue reading
In an interesting turn of events, it seems State Representative Seth McKeel likely won’t be running for Congress. McKeel was among those publicly considering running for Congressman Adam Putnam’s seat when (if?) Congressman Putnam announces his bid for Commissioner of … Continue reading