Nov 18 Scott says Nelson concedes Florida Senate race By Associated Press Florida’s Republican Gov. Rick Scott says incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson called him to concede defeat in their extremely tight race. Continue reading
Nov 16 Hand recount begins for tight Florida Senate race By Gary Fineout, Brendan Farrington, Associated Press A hand recount began Friday in Florida's acrimonious U.S. Senate contest after an initial review by ballot-counting machines showed Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson separated by fewer than 13,000 votes out of more than 8 million… Continue reading
Nov 15 Florida goes to hand recount in bitter U.S. Senate race By Gary Fineout, Associated Press Florida's acrimonious battle for the U.S. Senate is headed to a legally required hand recount after an initial review showed Gov. Rick Scott and Sen. Bill Nelson separated by just a few thousand votes. Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch 7:15 News Wrap: Snow storm triggers car wrecks, power outages In our news wrap Thursday, a pre-winter storm spread across the Eastern U.S., leaving six people dead and causing mass power outages. Also, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi insisted that she has the votes to become speaker come January, dismissing… Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch 5:22 Where Florida's election recounts stand as deadline passes Most of Florida's 67 counties finished machine vote recounts for the Senate and governor's races before Thursday’s deadline. The Senate race will go to a further recount by hand because Republican Gov. Rick Scott has a razor-thin lead over Democratic… Continue watching
Nov 15 Inside Florida's 'infuriating and disheartening' recount By Daniel Bush The process has not been flawless. But 66 of Florida’s 67 counties met a Thursday afternoon deadline to complete a machine recount of the results in the U.S. Senate, governor and agriculture commissioner’s races, all of which were too close… Continue reading
Nov 15 Federal judge: Florida is 'laughing stock of the world' By Gary Fineout, Brendan Farrington, Associated Press A federal judge slammed Florida on Thursday for repeatedly failing to anticipate election problems, and said the state law on recounts appears to violate the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that decided the presidency in 2000. Continue reading
Nov 14 Watch 5:33 Rep.-elect Waltz, a former Green Beret, shares his congressional vision More than 150 veterans ran for the House as either Republicans or Democrats during this fall's midterm elections, at a time when many former servicemen and servicewomen in Congress have retired or left for roles in the administration. Florida Republican… Continue watching
Nov 14 Overheating machines complicate Florida's recount battle By Gary Fineout, Terry Spencer, Associated Press A new problem complicated Florida's ongoing recount battle as lawyers headed back to court on Wednesday: Palm Beach County's tallying machines have overheated, causing mismatched results with the recount of 174,000 early voting ballots. Continue reading
Nov 13 Your questions on the Florida recount, answered By Tess Conciatori Almost two decades after Bush v. Gore, Florida election officials are confident that changes they have made to voting procedures will lead to more organized and timely recounts. Continue reading