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2024 general election voter guide: Over 90 local candidates on the issues
Here’s who’s running for office and their stances on abortion, immigration, local schools and more.
4 Florida things to watch on Election Day
Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a rally with members of Florida Physicians Against Amendment 4 at The Grove Bible Chapel in Winter Garden on Oct. 22.
Spoiler: Donald Trump is almost certainly winning the Sunshine State.
Not knowing all the results on election night is normal. Here’s why.
Bartender Sam Schilke watches election results on television at a bar and grill on Nov. 3, 2020, in Portland, Ore.
State laws dictate when mail ballots must be received and when election officials can start processing and tabulating them.
Florida polling average: president, Senate, abortion and marijuana
Florida polling average: president, Senate and amendments 3 and 4.
See all polls on Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Rick Scott, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and amendments 3 and 4.

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  1. Hemp shops and Florida GOP align against recreational marijuana
    Yesterday• Elections
    Havana Hemp flower is on display during the CHAMPS Trade Show at the Broward County Convention Center on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale
  2. Tests show some Florida hemp products are potent, have pesticides
    Yesterday• Elections
    Industrial hemp plants grow in a greenhouse at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Mid-Florida Research& Education Center in Apopka, on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019.
  3. Not knowing all the results on election night is normal. Here’s why.
    Yesterday• Elections
    Bartender Sam Schilke watches election results on television at a bar and grill on Nov. 3, 2020, in Portland, Ore.
  5. 4 Florida things to watch on Election Day
    Nov. 1• Elections
    Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a rally with members of Florida Physicians Against Amendment 4 at The Grove Bible Chapel in Winter Garden on Oct. 22.
  6. Florida would suffer more in Trump’s climate chaos | Column
    Nov. 1• Opinion
    Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Rocky Mount Event Center, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in Rocky Mount, N.C.
  7. Photos: Tampa’s St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital celebrates Halloween
    Oct. 31• Photos
    Lily Mansour, 11, of Port Richey, dresses as a princess, while she participates in the parade collecting treats during a Halloween event at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital on Thursday in Tampa.
  8. Infants died from birth defects at higher rates after Florida abortion bans
    Oct. 31• Health
    Lee and Deborah Dorbert pose for a portrait with their son Kaiden,5 holding glass orbs with the ashes of their son Milo at their home on Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Lakeland.
  9. This Democrat could challenge DeSantis’ campaign against abortion, pot amendments
    Oct. 31• Elections
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during an event with Florida Physicians Against Amendment 4 in Coral Gables, Florida on Oct. 21, 2024.
  10. The race for Pasco schools superintendent feels close. Why?
    Oct. 30• Education
    High school principal Chris Dunning, left, and charter school operator John Legg are vying to become Pasco County's next school district superintendent in the November 2024 election.
  11. Hillary Clinton will hold get out the vote events in Tampa on Saturday
    Oct. 30• Politics
    Former first lady and onetime presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, seen here during the Democratic National Convention, will host get-out-the-vote rallies in Tampa on Saturday.
  12. UF names committee to pick Ben Sasse’s replacement as president
    Oct. 30• Education
    Then-U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 23, 2022.
  13. Two closing arguments show the stark choice between Trump and Harris
    Oct. 30• Elections
    This combination of photos shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, speaking at a campaign event Sept. 25, 2024, in Mint Hill, N.C., and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, speaking a campaign event Oct. 19, 2024, in Atlanta.
  14. Rick Scott appears on Laura Loomer’s podcast a week before Election Day
    Oct. 30• Elections
    Screen grab from the video platform Rumble of U.S. Sen. Rick Scott's appearance on Laura Loomer's podcast "Loomer Unleashed" on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
  15. Florida Democrats hope this Tampa race helps end a GOP supermajority
    Oct. 30• Elections
    An aerial photo of the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee.
  16. 4 things to know as Hillsborough state attorney election nears
    Oct. 30• Elections
    Suspended Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren, left, poses for a photo with Mayor Jane Castor at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in January 2023 in Tampa. Suzy Lopez, right, who was appointed to replace Warren, greets attendees at the same parade.
  17. Cop support, Warren’s ouster central issues in Hillsborough prosecutor race
    Oct. 30• Elections
    Hillsborough State Attorney Suzy Lopez, right, has embraced law enforcement since she was appointed to the job by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Her ousted predecessor, Andrew Warren, left, saw distrust from cops during his time in office as he pursued criminal justice reforms.
  18. DeSantis is going all in to defeat the abortion amendment. Is Iowa the reason?
    Oct. 29• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens as Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a rally at the Never Back Down super PAC headquarters on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in West Des Moines, Iowa.
  19. Judge extends restraining order against Florida effort to block Amendment 4 ads
    Oct. 29• Elections
    Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a rally with members of Florida Physicians Against Amendment 4 at The Grove Bible Chapel in Winter Garden, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024.
  20. A Milton mystery solved: Who left thousands of cots in Trop as roof shredded
    Oct. 29• Hurricane
    Drone images above Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, show the shredded roof of the dome and the cots on the field, set up for first responders, among the debris from Hurricane Milton, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.
  21. Internet groups sue Florida over social media law
    Oct. 28• Politics
    Paul Renner, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, speaks outside of Tampa General Hospital's Behavioral Health Hospital during a news conference on Monday, May 13, 2024, in Tampa.
  22. Another state attorney ousted by DeSantis is running to get her job back. What to know.
    Oct. 28• Elections
    Monique Worrell, left, and Andrew Bain are making their final pitches to voters in their campaigns for Orange-Osceola state attorney. Bain was appointed to the office by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who removed Worrell last year.
  23. Floridians respond to offensive remarks about Puerto Rico at Trump rally
    Oct. 28• Elections
    Tony Hinchcliffe speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York.
  24. Florida’s prison phone call program rewarded good behavior, cost taxpayers zero. DeSantis killed it.
    Oct. 27• Florida
    The entrance to Florida State Prison in Starke in shown in this 2023 photo. A program that rewarded inmates with free phone calls was killed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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