The Lakeland Ledger called for three statewide debates this fall between Democrat Alex Sink, Republican Rick Scott and independent candidates Lawton “Bud” Chiles and economist Farid A. Khavari of Miami.

Brian P. Moore, the Socialist Party’s candidate for president in 2008, polled more than 200,000 votes in yesterday’s Democratic gubernatorial primary in Florida.

With the primary election only a couple of days away, U.S. Senate candidate John Dougherty has figured out a clever way to reduce the noise and boisterous clamor in Arizona’s fiercely contested Democratic primary while maintaining his own visibility.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brian P. Moore of Spring Hill said that he will ask Bud Chiles to be his running mate for lieutenant governor…

In campaign finance reports filed Tuesday, covering the reporting period ending August 10, political newcomer Brian Murphy has reportedly raised only $210,000 in his long-shot quest for the Republican nomination for governor of Maryland…

As the candidacy of former U.S. Rep. J. D. Hayworth continues to fade, a large number of Arizona Democrats remain undecided about which of their party’s four U.S. Senate candidates — three of whom didn’t enter the race until late April — is best suited to take on Republican John McCain in November.

Financier Peter Schiff fell short in his bid to stage a late come-from-behind rally in Connecticut’s three-cornered GOP Senate primary yesterday. Schiff, 47, reportedly spent close to a million dollars of his own money in his long-shot quest…

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, one of at least a dozen candidates pushing the idea of a publicly-owned bank in the 2010 mid-term elections, has captured the Democratic nomination for governor of Michigan.