By John Kennedy – With partisan political fortunes for the next decade at stake, Democrats, Republicans and political-interest groups are battling on the ballot and in court over how Florida’s congressional and legislative district boundaries should be drawn. It’s likely to be a protracted fight, with all of the twists and turns of a gerrymandered district.

By Michael Joe Murphy — A conversation with “FloridaThinker,” UF historian David R. Colburn, who says, “Charlie Crist is running as an independent because Republican Marco Rubio from Miami had significantly outdistanced him in polls for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. I’m not convinced that Crist’s independent run speaks to national developments. Rather it seems to speak to developments in the state – indeed, it seems to reflect the political adage expressed by the late House Speaker Tip O’Neill, that all politics is local. Crist wouldn’t be running as independent if he thought he could have won the Florida GOP nomination.”

With few exceptions, the most recent session resembled a match in the Roman Coliseum – the majority leadership of the Legislature vs. Florida citizens.

By U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown

I am very disappointed by the plan put forward by Fair Districts Florida.  I am a Democrat, and I am in favor of maximizing Democratic representation on both the federal and state levels, yet I do not want to see this accomplished on the backs of African-Americans.  Our communities have [...]

By Deirdre Macnab

Every Florida voter should be paying close attention to two constitutional amendments that would, if passed, vastly increase accountability of  elected officials and increase the number of competitive elections in the state. These are Amendments 5 and 6, and they will be on the Nov. 2 ballot.
For the past few years, citizens throughout [...]

By John Kennedy
Associate Editor
Florida voters accustomed to hearing about red states and blue states may have trouble figuring out just what the heck kind of state this is.
After all, Democrats hold at least a 700,000-voter edge over Republicans in statewide voter registration. Democrat Barack Obama carried Florida in 2008, and registration is tilting the [...]