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August 19, 2020 By: Staff Report POLK COUNTY, Fla. – The results for the Polk County Primary election are in and are as follows: Representative in Congress, District 9 Jose Castillo (R) 19.70%, 3,905 William P. “Bill” Olson (R) 50.94%, 10,096 Sergio E. Ortiz (R) 8.23%, 1,631 Christopher…
Read More 2020 Polk County Primary Election Results, Updated
August 19, 2020 By: Staff Report LAKELAND, Fla.- Rep. Ross Spano, 54, will serve just one term in the House after being defeated by Lakeland city commissioner Scott Franklin. Voting results showed Franklin earning 51.2 percent of the vote or about 1,500 more votes than…
Read More Spano One Term, Defeated by Lakeland City Commissioner Franklin
August 18, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The primary election results for Pasco County are in and are as follows: Contest Candidate Issue Total Votes % of Total Votes Superintendent of Schools Kurt S. Browning 23972 64.25 Superintendent of Schools David LaRoche…
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August 18, 2020 By: Staff Report HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The election results for Hillsborough County are in and updated. Contest Candidate Issue Party Total Votes % of Total Votes Representative in Congress District 14 (Republican) Paul Sidney Elliott REP 13066 35.54 Representative in Congress…
Read More 2020 Hillsborough Primary Election Results, Updated
August 18, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – Former Hillsborough County Sheriff Deputy Charles Boswell challenged incumbent Sheriff Chad Chronister for his seat in the primary election Tuesday. With only 1,300 mail-in votes left to count, Chronister has almost a 22,000 vote lead and…
Read More Hillsborough Sheriff’s Republican Primary, Sheriff Chad Chronister Moves On To November
August 18, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla.- In the Tampa Bay area today, voters will be casting their votes on federal, state, county, and district races. But before you head out to the polls make sure you know what to bring with you, make…
Read More Florida Primary Voting Day is Here, What to Bring With You and Where to Go
August 13, 2020 Op-Ed By: Patricia Tolson BROOKSVILLE, Fla. – It hasn’t been a good few weeks for Hernando County Commissioner Steve Champion. It’s hard when your truth catches up with you, especially when it happens in such a public way. But, as Dorothy Allison…
Read More Op-Ed, County Commissioner Steve Champion Admitted He Lied About His Degree
August 12, 2020 By: Staff Report, PR WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Republican National Committee, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and the Republican Party of Iowa, announced in a press release today, two concurrent offensive…
Read More RNC Says, Trump Campaign and Republican Groups Sue to Protect Iowa Voters
August 11, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – Democratic Presidental candidate, Joe Biden, announced Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday. Biden committed earlier this year to select a woman as his running mate for the 2020 Presidential bid. “I have the great honor…
Read More Joe Biden Selects Kamala Harris as Running Mate
August 4, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – Vice President Pence will be making a visit to Tampa on Wednesday, following President Trump’s visit to Tampa last Friday. V.P. Pence is scheduled to visit a women’s healthcare clinic and participate in a roundtable to…
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