Southwest Florida Water Management board. By Seán Kinane/WMNF News (Dec. 2015). By Jim Saunders ©2025 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A Florida Senate committee Tuesday will consider a plan ...

A special primary election will be held on Tuesday to fill the vacancies for state senate, Senate District 15, and state representative, Florida House District 40.

Overdorf and Harrell both are term limited, and will leave their current offices at the end of 2026 and 2028, respectively.

TALLAHASSEE — More than two years after lawmakers redrew the state’s legislative maps, a group of Tampa Bay-area residents have challenged the constitutionality of two Senate districts they ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Five Tampa Bay residents filed a federal lawsuit to redraw Florida’s state Senate map. The 31-page complaint states Districts 16 and 18 are racially gerrymandered. The American ...

In the Florida Senate District 29 race, voters opted to stick with a veteran Republican incumbent over a Democratic challenger who lives in Port Charlotte on Florida's west coast.

The race for Florida State Senate District 4 pits a relative political newcomer against a veteran state representative in the Nov. 8 general election. Sharmin Smith, a Democrat from Jacksonville ...

Sea oats and Tampa Bay. By Seán Kinane/WMNF News (Oct. 2009). By Jim Saunders ©2024 The News Service of Florida. TALLAHASSEE — Trying to fend off a challenge to a 2022 redistricting plan, Senate ...

A Florida Senate committee has unanimously approved a bill that would bring significant changes to the state's water management districts, with a focus on increased transparency and a renewed ...

Under Florida law, congressional districts cannot be drawn to diminish minority voters’ ability to elect someone of their choice. Lawson lost re-election after the maps were implemented last year.

This debate focuses on the Florida Senate District 25 race between Democratic candidate Kristen Arrington and Republican candidate José Martinez.

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