At least three-fourths of the next Financial Services Commission is known, as the races for Chief Financial Officer, Attorney General and Commissioner of Agriculture went to the Republican candidates. The fourth member of the Financial Services Commission– the Governor, remains to be determined although Republican Rick Scott continues to lead the tight race by a […]
With a little more than a month to go until the general election, the races to determine the future makeup of Florida’s Financial Services Commission appear they will go down to the wire. Under Florida’s unique regulatory structure, the Financial Services Commission consisting of the Governor, Chief Financial Officer, Attorney General and Commissioner of Agriculture, […]
With the primary races now behind us, the potential makeup of the Financial Services Commission for next year has become a little clearer. However, early guesses suggest that some of the general elections will be close and polls have had a tendency to shift this fall, so Floridians will continue to watch these races closely […]
Republican Senator Jeff Atwater and Democrat Loranne Ausley did not have to await Tuesday’s primaries to know they would be facing off in the race to follow Alex Sink as Florida’s Chief Financial Officer. Although it initially appeared Atwater would have a primary opponent, Atwater’s formidable fundraising and campaigning long ago sealed his place as the […]
Loranne Ausley, a former state representative from Tallahassee, has announced that she intends to run for the Chief Financial Officer position being vacated by Alex Sink. Ausley, a Democrat, had been running for the state Senate and raised about $274,000 for that campaign. However, she now moves to a race in which the Democratic party […]
With the holidays behind us and the 2010 legislative session fast approaching, considerable attention will turn to the many political races that promise to shape Florida’s future. Many candidates used early starts in 2009 to raise money and put together the campaign infrastructures they will need to carry themselves to the primaries and general election […]