Tallahassee Reports has learned that Tallahassee Community College (TCC) political science professor Edward Duggan has posted comments on Facebook and made public statements to local groups that indicate President Trump could end all elections in the United States and create a terrorist attack for political purposes. It also appears that Duggan is sharing some of […]
All three races for seats on the Tallahassee City Commission are headed to a runoff. In the race for mayor, Leon County Commissioner John Dailey (17,357) and former Chief of Staff for Mayor Andrew Gillum Dustin Daniels (11,088) received the most votes. Former state legislator Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda finished third (9,127). A total of 43,690 […]
By Lloyd Dunkelberger, The News Service of Florida ORLANDO — With the enthusiastic backing of President Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis won the Republican primary for governor on Tuesday, handily defeating Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. With more than 93 percent of the precincts reporting statewide, DeSantis, a three-term congressman from Northeast Florida, totaled 56 […]
It is a tale of two Florida’s when it comes to federal prosecution of white collar crime. A national report shows that over the last five years the Southern District of Florida had the largest increase in federal prosecutions while the Northern District of Florida had the largest decrease during the same period. The United […]
The race for Leon county commission district 3 features five candidates. Listed below is a table that provides information on work experience, endorsements, straw poll results, public office experience, and campaign contributions for each candidate. There is a guide to the abbreviations at the bottom of the table. Four of the five candidates discussed the […]
The race for city commission seat 5 features four candidates. Listed below is a table that provides information on work experience, endorsements, straw poll results, public office experience, and campaign contributions for each candidate. There is a guide to the abbreviations at the bottom of the table. TR has written articles about Bob Lotane, and […]
The race for mayor of Tallahassee features six candidates. Listed below is a table that provides information on work experience, endorsements, straw poll results, public office experience, and campaign contributions for each candidate. There is a guide to the abbreviations at the bottom of the table. TR’s review of the Network of Entrepreneurs & Business […]
Less than ten days before the August 28 primary elections, the Gannett corporation owned Tallahassee Democrat gave local Democrat Party candidates free advertising by publishing the party affiliations of all candidates running for nonpartisan offices. In theory, in nonpartisan elections the goal is for candidates to be judged on her or his own merits rather […]
Many people enjoy sharing their political opinion whether it is in the local newspapers, a blog, Twitter or in Facebook. While opinions about candidates and elections are nice we now have an opportunity to begin to study the numbers that are coming in. An examination of the absentee ballot requests and returns give us some […]
Today President Donald Trump nominated Lawrence Keefe – a Hillary Clinton campaign donor – to become the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Florida. The position was previously held by Pam Marsh who was appointed by President Obama. U.S. Attorneys require confirmation by the Senate and are usually proposed with the concurrence of the […]