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Voters and volunteers poll workers go about the business of casting ballots at Precinct #516 in the North Greenwood Recreation Complex on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Clearwater. Polls opened at 7 a.m. local time across Florida and will stay open until the last voter in line by 7 p.m. has cast a ballot.
Election 2020 updates: The day after, what comes next?
Hour by hour, the latest on the outcome of the balloting in Florida and nationwide.
Voters approve amendment supporting Florida minimum wage increase
Kinoy Miller prepares food at the Love Life Cafe Oct. 29 in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami. Florida voters decided Tuesday whether to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour over six years.
Measure to bring the hourly amount up to $15 over the next few years barely passed the 60 percent threshold.
Republicans maintain control of Florida Senate
Florida state election results: Legislature, Amendments, more
Republicans may even grow their majority.
Tampa Bay election results: Here’s who won local and state races
Staff at the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections receive and count ballots late into the night on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Tampa.
Charlie Crist, Kathy Castor and Gus Bilirakis all won reelection, as did sheriffs Chad Chronister and Bob Gualtieri.

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  1. Wengay Newton explains cryptic comment about Ken Welch
    Yesterday• Elections
    St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Wengay Newton poses for a portrait at his childhood home which he has donated to Pinellas County Habitat for Humanity pictured on June 17 in St. Petersburg
  2. In St. Petersburg mayor’s race, an unexpected name comes up: Trump
    Jul. 22• Elections
    St. Petersburg mayoral candidates Darden Rice, left, and Ken Welch are at odds over support each has received from area Republicans. Both are Democrats, but the mayor's race is a non-partisan affair.
  3. Ballots soon to reach mailboxes for St. Petersburg primary
    Jul. 21• Elections
    A voter drops off a mail ballot for early voting at the Pinellas County Election Services County Building on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in St. Petersburg.
  5. Get answers to child tax credit questions this weekend at Tampa sessions
    Jul. 20• Kids & Family
    President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the American Jobs Plan in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington. It includes soft infrastructure items like investments in child care, family tax credits and other domestic programs.
  6. Kriseman endorses Ken Welch for St. Petersburg mayor
    Jul. 19• Elections
    Candidate Ken Welch shakes hands with Mayor Rick Kriseman during a press conference to announce Kriseman’s endorsement of Welch as the next mayor of St. Petersburg, Monday, July 19, 2021 in St. Petersburg.
  7. Pasco zoning dispute roils countywide commission race
    Jul. 17• Politics
    Construction on the Ridge Road Extension in West Pasco. An angry dispute over a proposed apartment complex near the Tanglewood neighborhood has further stirred up what already looked like a competitive race for a countywide commissioner’s seat.
  8. Investigation into Rick Scott ends with regulators deadlocked on campaign violations
    Jul. 16• Politics
    U.S, Sen. Rick Scott speaks during the Road to Majority convention at Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee on Friday, June 18, 2021.
  9. Who’s running in St. Petersburg’s District 1 City Council race?
    Jul. 12• Elections
    The City Council chamber at St. Petersburg City Hall.
  10. Texas GOP advances voting restrictions as hundreds push back
    Jul. 11• Nation & World
    A voter walks toward a polling location on Election Day in Austin, Texas on Nov. 3, 2020.
  11. After maverick stances, Jeff Brandes loses Senate Judiciary Committee post in Tallahassee
    Jul. 10• Politics
    Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, has been removed from his position as chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee.
  12. U.S. Capitol Police to open office in Tampa after Jan. 6 attack
    Jul. 7• Politics
    FILE - Rioters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Some of the best sources for "Day of Rage," a painstaking 40-minute video investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, were the rioters themselves — an irony given the hostility many had toward journalists. That's according to the executive in charge of the New York Times' project. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
  13. Ken Welch claims most City Council endorsements in St. Petersburg mayor’s race
    Jul. 3• St. Petersburg
    Darden Rice (left) and Ken Welch are candidates in St. Petersburg's mayoral race.
  14. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor’s PR now run by former Times political editor Adam Smith
    Jun. 30• Tampa
    Former Tampa Bay Times Political Editor Adam Smith has been named Tampa Mayor Jane Castor's communications director.
  15. St. Petersburg mayoral candidates discuss climate change, affordable housing
    Jun. 29• Elections
    St. Petersburg City Hall. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
  16. No crime in Manatee leader’s work on exclusive vaccine clinic, sheriff says
    Jun. 29• Florida
    The Manatee County Sheriff's Office spent nearly four months investigating County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh before issuing a 113-page report that concluded there was no probable cause to charge Baugh with a crime.
  17. Pasco’s elections official rejected 2020 conspiracies. Then he faced threats.
    Jun. 28• Politics
    Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Brian E. Corley. TIMES (2008)
  18. Hillsborough Commissioner Stacy White vows to oppose transit spending
    Jun. 25• Elections
    Hillsborough County Commissioner Stacy White, during a February press conference in Brandon.
  19. Torry Nelson says he’s the right person to lead St. Petersburg, despite his past
    Jun. 25• Elections
    Torry Nelson at Tuesday's St. Petersburg mayoral debate. The 43-year-old launched a last-minute bid for mayor.
  20. New York court suspends Rudy Giuliani’s law license
    Jun. 24• Nation & World
    In this June 21 photo, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during a campaign event for Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa in New York. An appeals court suspended Giuliani from practicing law in New York because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the presidential race. The ruling, signed Thursday, June 24 will prevent Giuliani from representing clients as a lawyer.
  21. Why the United States is falling short of Biden’s vaccination goal
    Jun. 24• Health
    Camden County Public Health Nurse William Latham vaccinates Michelle Gant, of Berlin, with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday at Camden County College, N.J.
  22. Michael S. Levinson brings unorthodox ideas to St. Petersburg mayoral race
    Jun. 22• St. Petersburg
    Michael S. Levinson poses for a profile on June 17. The perennial candidate is bringing unorthodox ideas to the race for mayor of St. Petersburg.
  23. Could this 20-year-old be St. Petersburg’s next mayor?
    Jun. 22• Elections
    Michael Ingram, 20, attends the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg campus as a political science major. He is also a St. Petersburg mayoral candidate.
  24. Eight St. Petersburg mayoral candidates debate their visions for the city
    Jun. 22• Elections
    Screenshot of the June 22, 2021, St. Petersburg mayoral debate, hosted by the Tampa Bay Times and Bay News 9.
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