A few days out from Election Day there are several House races that continue to look competitive in the Tampa Bay and Nature Coast areas as a flurry of last-minute ads and sometimes nasty campaign activity hit...

Former Rep. Frank Farkas collected $71,345 between Oct. 13 and Nov. 1 and widened his fund-raising lead over Democrat Dwight Dudley in the competitive House District 68, according to newly filed records via the News Service of...

You know who will be disappointed, regardless of how the election turns out on Tuesday? Postal employees, that’s who. The USPS makes so much money from the barrage of political direct mail, it’s difficult to understand how...

Put your money where your mouth is. That’s the lesson I’ve learned this last week as the national media debates the veracity of uber-blogger Nate Silver’s prediction that Barack Obama will win re-election. Critics, most notably Mornin’...

After a barrage of negative attack mailers against his opponent Dwight Dudley, Republican Frank Farkas is finally showing his softer side. His campaign is sending this “letter” from Farkas’ wife, Toni, along with a “picture” of the...

Republican Frank Farkas has opened a narrow lead over Democrat Dwight Dudley among early voters in the race for battleground House District 68. According to a new survey conducted by St. Pete Polls, Farkas is at 45.0%,...

Here is the direct mailer accompanying a controversial TV ad and website HD 68 Republican Frank Farkas has deployed against his opponent, Dwight Dudley. For some back story on ‘Heather’s story’, be sure to read the Tampa...

A controversial political ad from Frank Farkas’ campaign inappropriately displays the logo for the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, according to Rita Smith, the organization’s executive director. On HeathersStory.com, an attack website critical of Democrat Dwight Dudley,...

The mailbox was just stuffed today with fliers from not only the candidates, but the political organizations and committees looking to shoot their wad before next Tuesday. Among the mailers was this rather tame piece from the...

Since 1996, Republican Frank Farkas has been on the ballot in 14 primary or general elections, likely the most of any politician in Tampa Bay. He lost to Margo Fischer in the 1996 general for State House...