Alex Sink Is Just Going to Run for a Congressional Seat

Aside from Senator Bill Nelson, former CFO Alex Sink is the only Democrat to get elected statewide in Florida in recent memory, which makes her one of the party’s highest profile pols. She ran a close race with Rick Scott for governor in 2010, opted out of a rematch, and…

Bill Nelson Finally Decides Gays Should Have Jobs

Up until this morning Florida’s Bill Nelson was one of just three Democrats left in the Senate who didn’t support the Employee Non-Discrimination Act. After Equality Florida launched a “twitterbomb” on him last week though, Nelson announced he’d sign on as a co-sponsor…

Meet the Candidates for Mayor of Miami Who Aren’t Tomas Regalado

City of Miami residents won’t be given much of a choice when it comes to exercising their right to democracy during the November 5th mayoral elections. Despite an early fund-raising lead, commissioner Francis Suarez dropped out due to some minor campaign hickups and his wife’s pregnancy, leaving the city without…

Pam Bondi Urges Florida Supreme Court to Derail Medical Marijuana Movement

Since July, one petition has been Florida dope-smokers’ great white hope. By August, People United for Medical Marijuana had already collected 100,000 signatures from people who favor medicinal weed. That milestone meant an amendment to legalize medical marijuana would appear before the Florida Supreme Court. By the latest count three…

Florida Dems Pick Up a State House Seat in a Special Election

Less than a year after gaining seats and ending the Republican’s supermajoirty in the state house, Florida Democrats picked up another seat last night in a bit of a special election upset. Despite being out-funded by a near 3-to-1 ratio, first time candidate Amanda Murphy beat Republican Bill Gunter in…

Bill Clinton Just Endorsed Philip Levine for Miami Beach Mayor

There’s still tons of people who actually live in Miami Beach who have no idea who they’re going to vote for in the November 5th election for Miami Beach’s next mayor, but apparently ex-President Bill Clinton has made up his mind already. Clinton turns out is buddy-buddy with multi-millionaire candidate…

Poll: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Trails Generic Democratic Opponent

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is such a part of Miami-Dade’s political firmament it’s hard to imagine the moderate Republican losing her seat until she’s ready to retire. But a new poll shows Ros-Lehtinen trailing a generic Democratic opponent by two points. Is this just a temporary manifestation of the anti-incumbent and…