Florida Election

Electoral Re-districting In Florida Could Shake Incumbents Loose

Mike Lapointe | Posted 04.28.2012

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It's Florida's turn for re-districting, and developments in Tallahassee since 2010 have put the state squarely in the national spotlight. What's at stake in Florida today goes to the very core of the electoral process - and democratic accountability itself.

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Carlos Harrison

Marco Rubio, Telegenic Tea Party Senator, Remains On Sideline Despite Talk Of VP Pick

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 02.02.2012

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As the Republican frontrunners battled for the vote in Florida, the primary race seemed to be as much about the state's freshman senator, Marco Rubio,...

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Sam Stein

Newt Gingrich Campaign Threatens To Take Florida Challenge To Convention Floor

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A top official with the Newt Gingrich campaign said Thursday that the former House speaker would take a challenge over the allocation of...

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The Florida Vote And The Campaign Of The Absurd

Gabriel Lerner | Posted 04.03.2012

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Gabriel Lerner

To really lure Hispanics, Romney said he'll veto the DREAM Act, which would give some undocumented youth a path to legalization, and Gingrich said he'll veto only half of it. Both promised English only in government.

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Jon Ward

Newt Gingrich Not Quite The Life Of The Tea Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 02.02.2012

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TAMPA, Fla. -- Is Newt Gingrich the Tea Party candidate? The former House Speaker (R-Ga.) won 45 percent of the vote from Florida voters who "stro...

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Carlos Harrison

After Florida, It's A New Game For Latinos

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 04.02.2012

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Now the Republican candidates go through the "Latino Looking Glass." Mitt Romney's decisive win in Florida came with the resounding support of the st...

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Elise Foley

Mitt Romney: Winning Among Florida Hispanics Could Translate Nationally

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.02.2012

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TAMPA, Fla. -- Mitt Romney said on Tuesday that a win in Florida would mean good things for his chances to win Hispanic voters overall. That might be ...

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WATCH: Candidates Address Supporters After Florida Primary Results

Posted 02.01.2012

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Not long after the Florida 2012 primary results were projected, each of the Republican presidential candidates delivered speeches to their supporters ...

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Amanda Terkel

Gingrich: The Candidate Who Refuses To Operate Within Reality

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.31.2012

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- It was like the election never happened. Long before the official results came out in Florida, before Newt Gingrich arrived for hi...

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Howard Fineman

Is Newt Gingrich Threatening To Go Rogue And Leave The Party?

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 02.01.2012

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MIAMI -- If you listened carefully to Newt Gingrich's "concession" speech tonight, you heard the first strains of what could be an independent, third-...

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Exit Polls: Women 'Abandoned Newt' In Florida

AP | ALAN FRAM and JENNIFER AGIESTA | Posted 04.01.2012

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WASHINGTON — Women abandoned Newt Gingrich in droves Tuesday and helped fuel former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's triumph in Florida's Republ...

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Winners And Losers Of The Sunshine State Primary

Posted 01.31.2012

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Another week, another GOP presidential primary in the bag, this one perhaps set to resonate more than the contests before it. Florida broke the pr...

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Howard Fineman

Democrats Planning On Doing To Mitt Romney What He Did To Newt Gingrich

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 01.31.2012

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MIAMI -- The nastiest campaign is about to get nastier -- and will stay that way all the way to November. The Democrats are planning to play the game ...

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Ron Paul Supporter Allegedly Stomped On By Gingrich Security

The Huffington Post | Anna Staver | Posted 01.31.2012

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When Eddie Dillard showed up outside a polling place in Florida wearing flip flops, he didn't expect it to be a problem. According to Yahoo News, t...

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Ryan Grim

Ron Paul Beaten Badly In Florida

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.01.2012

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Ron Paul, after largely ignoring the primary campaign in Florida, was ignored by the state's voters tonight, pulling in a scant 7 percent of the vote ...

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Jon Ward

Mitt Romney Scores Huge Florida Win, But Primary Looks Far From Finished

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 02.01.2012

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TAMPA, Fla. -- Florida was, at one time, the state that could sew up the Republican presidential nomination for Mitt Romney and end the primary. No...

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Mitt Romney Wins Florida Primary

Posted 02.26.2012

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Mitt Romney was projected the winner of Tuesday's presidential primary election in Florida by the Associated Press. The former Massachusetts govern...

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Newt Gingrich Florida Primary Results 2012

AP | SHANNON McCAFFREY | Posted 04.01.2012

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Trounced in Florida, presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Tuesday used the defeat to declare that he alone is the conservative alt...

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Twitter Reacts To The Florida Primary

Posted 01.31.2012

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After a fierce battle in the Sunshine State over the past week, Florida's Republican primary has arrived. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney led th...

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Survey Of Florida Voters Reveals Interesting Result

AP | JENNIFER AGIESTA | Posted 04.01.2012

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Voters in Tuesday's Florida Republican primary chose Mitt Romney as the candidate best able to beat President Barack Obama in the fall, preferring ele...

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Romney is the Favorite For Swing Voters in The Sunshine State

Pilar Marrero | Posted 04.01.2012

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Pilar Marrero

"Honestly, I [registered] Republican because my family, who has been here for years, is. The truth is, I haven't heard anything positive from these candidates. All they do is fling dirt at one another," Hernandez said.

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Florida Primary Results: Live Election Updates

Posted 02.26.2012

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Voters in Florida went to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots in the state's presidential primary election. Going into the contest, former Massac...

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Howard Fineman

The Gloves Come Off Early, Especially In Florida

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 01.31.2012

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MIAMI -- The polls aren't closed but the results are in: Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have managed this month to stage the most juvenile, petty, p...

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FL Primary: Florida Voters Explain Their Choices

The Huffington Post | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 01.31.2012

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The Palm Beach Post talked to voters on the morning of the Florida primary, asking them to explain their choices for the GOP nomination. The reasons o...

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Ryan Grim

Jeb Bush Lobbied For Medicare Con Man

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 01.31.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Jeb Bush personally lobbied the secretary of health and human services while his father was vice president on behalf of a hospital execu...

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