Election

An advocacy group reports statewide more than 15,000 Vote-by-Mail ballots for the 2022 midterm election had been flagged as of the week before election day.

With the 2022 midterm election hours away, a power shift in Washington could be in the near future. One race that could impact the outcome on a national stage is the U.S. Senate race in Florida, between Democrat Val Demings and Republican incumbent Marco Rubio.

It's officially election week. Early voting is done and candidates for the major races are covering many miles to make sure they claim every last vote.

As Florida's senate race enters its final stretch, Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democrat Val Demings are making one last push for Bay Area voters, including a stop by Demings in Ybor City on Tuesday.

The general election is just about two weeks away, but starting this week, early voting is open across Florida, including Hillsborough, Pinellas, Sarasota, Manatee, Pasco, Polk, Hernando and Citrus counties.

A convicted felon from Gibsonton, who was arrested again for voter fraud in August, is hopeful his case will be dismissed after a judge in Miami tossed another voter fraud case Friday.

Newly released police bodycam footage shows that three of the 20 people who were arrested in Florida for allegedly voting illegally in the 2020 election appeared to be surprised that they had done anything wrong.

Maxwell Alejandro Frost won a Democratic primary for an open U.S. House seat in a district considered to be Democratic, making Frost a favorite this fall to become the first member of Congress from Gen Z, those born after 1996.

U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist defeated Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and is now preparing to take on Gov. Ron DeSantis in November.

Florida voters will choose between two familiar candidates in this November’s race for governor: U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist -- a former Republican governor -- and Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Democratic U.S. Rep Val Demings defeated three little-known, underfunded candidates for her party's nomination in Tuesday's Florida primary election. 

On primary day, Pasco County voters can ride the public transit bus for free to get to the polls and make their voices heard.

As a state Senator, Kelli Stargel sponsored Florida’s new restrictions on abortion, which ban it in most cases beyond 15 weeks. She said if elected to Congress, she would not support similar legislation on a federal level because she said it should be left to the states to decide.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has drawn national attention for leading and joining a series of lawsuits against the Biden administration, including a challenge of the 2020 election results. 

Jim Lewis is a former state prosecutor who currently works in ft. Lauderdale as a criminal defense attorney. He is one of three Democrats competing in the August 23 Democratic Primary for the chance to challenge Attorney General Ashley Moody in November.