Miami Forever – The Politics behind A City’s Preparation for Climate Change
The November 7th, 2017 elections saw a huge swath of premier races that got a good deal of state and national attention. Virginia…
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The Great Comeback in St Pete: Kriseman re-elected
This is the second installment about the St Petersburg Mayoral Election. For more background on St Pete politics, check out my August article….
Halloween Article: The Election of Coroners in America
In celebration of Halloween this year, I decided to take a look at one of the most unknown and definitely most morbid, elected…
How Rick Kriseman Avoided Defeat in St Pete
St Petersburg’s 2017 Mayoral Election is one of the most unique municipal races in Florida. A democratic city (giving Hillary Clinton 59% of the…
The politics of Slot Machines in Florida
On Thursday, May 18th 2017, Florida’s Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision striking down slot machines in Gadsden County. Gadsden had approved slot machines…
How High-End Student Complexes Created the Most GOP Precinct In Leon County
Leon County is one of only six Florida counties to vote Democrat for President in every election since 1992. A combination of three…
Results of 2017 Broward Municipal Elections
A handful of Broward’s 30+ cities held their municipal elections on March 14th. While more cities are moving their elections to correspond with the…
New Jefferson Commission Map Still Hurts African-Americans
Three months ago, I wrote about Jefferson County, FL and its county commission/school board maps. The commission map had become subject of a…
Jefferson County Commission and School Board Districts Disenfranchise African-Americans
Jefferson County, Florida, a small Democratic-leaning county just to the east of Tallahassee, is currently being sued by the ACLU over its 5 single-member commission…
The Facts about the Jacksonville Runoff
The night of the March primary in Jacksonville, I wrote that Alvin Brown had a narrow path to victory. The mayor needed to…