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U.S. Rep. Val Demings went into Tuesday night determined to become the second woman from Florida elected to the U.S. Senate; she fell short.
The Republican Party gained supermajorities in the Florida House and Senate during the midterm elections.
The deadline for Florida voters who need to “cure” their vote-by-mail is Thursday at 5 p.m.
Republican Ron DeSantis has won a second term in office as Florida governor, using tens of millions from his campaign war chest.
The Republican Party is within a handful of election victories of achieving supermajorities in the Florida Legislature, reports state.
Republican voters in Florida have cast more ballots than registered Democrats going into Election Day, according to the latest numbers.
According to the report, the twice-impeached Trump went on to say that Rubio "has conned the people of Florida."
It occurs after Hurricane Ian slammed against the SW coast of Florida, affecting several school districts, leaving them with questions.
As Election Day approaches, gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist has released back-to-back digital ads on the abortion issue.
All the numbers are going in the wrong direction for Florida Democrats as the Nov. 8 midterm election looms, but President Biden rallies.
Democrat Crist, if elected, he says, would fire the state's surgeon general, if such treatment is denied, the report states.
Nearly a million citizens have yet to have their voting rights fully restored four years after Floridians passed Amendment 4.
The differences in national 4th grade reading scores, based on certain racial groups in Florida, has widened.
Fla., voters could offer property tax exemptions to Florida's teachers, firefighters, and active-duty members of the U.S. military.
The general election's a week away, and a number of Floridians report inflation, the economy, jobs “will have the most significant impact."
Briana Michel, a senior broadcast student at Florida A&M University, wears a face mask for protection against COVID-19.
Floridians have a chance to vote themselves property tax breaks on real estate improvements designed to protect their homes and businesses.
The University of Florida's Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to approve Nebraska's U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse as the new president.
Ordinary voters have no say in who gets to sit on the Florida Supreme Court, but voters can decide whether sitting justices get to stay.
A Black voting advocacy group is running advertisements in some of the state's biggest Black newspapers to get the voting word out in Fla.