Following in lock step with citizens all across the state, tens of thousands of Alachua County residents came out to the polls Tuesday to cast their vote in the local primaries.
Judging by the tone of our current political climate, one would rightly assume that the results of the impending November elections might tear apart the very fabric of our society - especially the fabric of our society used in manufacturing jingoistic American flag T-shirts and vaguely racist bumper stickers.
UF is scheduled to host the final Florida gubernatorial debate before the 2010 general election.
The results of Gainesville's mayoral election will not be thrown out, a judge ruled late Wednesday.
Craig Lowe defeated Don Marsh by 42 votes in Gainesville's mandatory recount of the mayoral election.
Originally slated to be Gainesville’s opportunity for a political intermission, the next few days will instead play a pivotal role in deciding who will be Gainesville’s next mayor.
Lowe secured 50.1 percent of the vote, a margin thin enough to require an automatic recount.
For some, the Florida attorney general’s position may be seen as just another political stepping stone to bigger and better offices.
In an effort to attract more young voters, Florida Attorney General candidate Dave Aronberg will be paying a visit to Gainesville today and Saturday.
Gainesville residents can now vote in the runoff election for their next mayor and District 4 city commissioner.
Their yard signs may be down, their support stickers thrown away, but the three Gainesville mayoral candidates who didn’t make the runoff election aren’t calling it quits.
With the run-off for Gainesville mayor’s seat three weeks away, both candidates aren’t wasting any time mobilizing forces for one last round in the political arena.
In the race for Gainesville mayor and a District 4 City Commission seat, no candidate received the 50-percent plus one vote necessary to avoid a runoff.
Candidates running for mayor and the District 4 City Commission discussed key issues to rally support for upcoming elections/
Campaigners sporting Student Government party T-shirts are not the only people telling students to vote on election days.
The Unite Party claimed the executive ticket and 29 of the 49 available Senate seats.
With Student Government elections on Tuesday and Wednesday, candidates are kicking up their campaigns early this week.
After a very, very long afternoon in a sauna — we mean office — of niceties from politicos in training and conversation after conversation about the Reitz Union’s renovation and expansion, we’d like to present you with our spring 2010 endorsement. Hold onto your hats, ladies and gentlemen, because this endorsement may surprise you.
Local political candidates brought campaign buttons and balloons onto the Plaza of the Americas Thursday.
Editor’s Note: This is the final installment of the Face in the Race series.
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