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Election 2016

‘Are You Smarter than a Politician?’

Update:Due to a conflict with another campaign-related fund raiser, the date of the "Are You Smarter than a Politician?" election forum organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral has been changed. The event will be held Wednesday, Sept. 28. The time and location of the forum is ...

Rooney readies for general election

He may have won the Republican primary for the U.S. Rep. District 19 seat by a wide margin, but Francis Rooney isn't taking anything for granted as he prepares for the general election in November.Rooney vows to continue to spread his message while bringing those who did not vote for him on not ...

The atmosphere at Commissioner Larry Kiker's watch party was tense as the first numbers of the evening rolled in.A gasp of dismay swept through the room at the Cypress Lakes Country Club as the TV broadcast that the Lee County Commissioner was tied with District 3 challenger Dick Anderson.The ...

With five candidates in the non-partisan primary for Supervisor of Elections, the top two vote-getters in Tuesday's balloting advance to general election runoff in November.Those two candidates are incumbent Sharon Harrington and challenger Tommy Doyle. The heavily criticized Harrington ...

Scott wins sheriff’s race primary

In a race that was essentially over before the Election Day Republican primary ballots were counted, Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott won reelection in a landslide vote over challenger Stephanie Eller.The substantial margin of victory for Scott came in at 85.15 percent of the vote to 14.85 percent ...

Morgan, Quackenbush advance in District 7

Only two of the five candidates who battled it out in the primary election for the new Lee County School Board District 7 seat are moving forward to the November election.Cathleen Morgan earned the majority of the ballots cast with 31,529 votes or 32.68 percent, followed by Chris Quackenbush ...