A group of Tampa’s best and brightest political stars is helping Michael Scionti launch his campaign for Circuit Court Judge, Group 19. The former representative of Florida House District 58 invites friends and supporters to a kick-off...

As she mulls her own political return, Alex Sink “resents all the attention on lifelong-Republican-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist and is intent on being courted for as long as possible,” the Tampa Bay Times reports. She is “revolted by the prospect of Crist...

The Florida Retail Federation (FRF) today announced that Sen. Jack Latvala is the recipient of its 2013 Senator of the Year Award for his strong support of the retail industry in the Florida Senate.   In a release,...

It is common in public opinion studies for people to rate individual politicians more favorably than the political bodies they serve in — and that trend is once again alive in Florida, where recent polling shows only...

While Poynter’s Andrew Beaujon enjoyed John Harris and Jim VandeHei take down of Nate Silver, to me, the most important paragraph in Isaac Chotiner’s Q&A with the POLITICO honchos, is where VandeHei answers a question about whether there are any politicians...

Because I am friends with Senator Jeff Brandes, sponsor of legislation to bring the driverless cars to Florida, I can’t not highlight some interesting reads on whether society needs self-driving cars. Kaid Benfield and Lee Epstein aren’t convinced that...

John Sides: “First, it matters for the 2014 election. A simple model of House election outcomes constructed by political scientist Gary Jacobson shows that the share of seats controlled by the president’s party depends in part on...

Former Rep. Allen West told WMAL that he wouldn’t rule out a future primary challenge to Sen. Marco Rubio. “That’s a pretty heavy lift, because you’re talking about running against a sitting senator, and then, of course, that creates...

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn will be the highest-ranking elected official to attend the 2013 St. Pete Pride Carnivale Promenade. Carnivale is the annual street festival and parade that celebrates the Tampa Bay LGBT community. It will be the...

Editor’s note: The following is a guest post from St. Pete Polls’ Matt Florell. I followed the redistricting process in the City of St. Petersburg closely. I went to the meetings when I could, read the meeting...