With a governor's race, a new congressional map and a hot button property tax ballot amendment, the crucial 2026 midterm elections are already heating up in South Florida.
Find full coverage from WLRN, NPR and our Florida news partners below, and sign up for Florida Fact Focus, PolitiFact's weekly fact-checking newsletter that cuts through the campaign trail noise to get Floridians the facts they need.
-
With less than a month remaining until the 2026 midterm elections, the NAACP is creating a legal war room to safeguard voters across the country, including Florida. -
Calling himself the “Ted Lasso” of political discourse, Democratic gubernatorial nominee David Jolly says he would be able to work across party lines and is framing the Nov. 3 election as a “generational moment” for Floridians. -
Baxter, a bureaucratic disrupter, faces challenge from Waldron, who calls herself a collaborator. -
On gubernatorial campaign trail, Jolly promises immigration protections to Miami's Haitian communityFlorida gubernatorial candidate David Jolly and running mate Gwen Graham addressed deportation fears, affordable housing and economic opportunities during a North Miami campaign stop. ‘I call it Operation Save Florida,’ she said. -
Speaking without pause for 20 minutes, the governor criticized the media who reported on the misappropriation, waved a paper copy of the ruling and asked whether a reporter from CBS4 Miami, who originally reported on the scandal, was present to “correct the record.” -
Voters are being asked to weigh on a potential lease of waterfront property that was negotiated in 2016, years before property values in Miami exploded. -
The former Republican lawmaker spoke with WLRN about her voting record in the Florida House and what it means for the communities she represents as she runs for a full term as Miami-Dade's District 5 commissioner. -
Late Monday, following a public outcry, the Palm Beach County Republican Party removed Mike Caruso's name from the voter guide. Caruso, a top county official, was arrested on Aug. 18 on charges of kidnapping, lewd or lascivious molestation and child abuse. He was then suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis. -
With President Donald Trump's approval rating at an all-time low, a large enough swing of independents or Republicans toward a Democrat could push Eliott Rodriguez past GOP incumbent Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar on Nov. 3 — a seat that has twice traded parties over the last decade. Immigration, cost of living and U.S.-Cuba policy have emerged as key issues. -
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon called on Florida's two Republican senators — Sen. Rick Scott and Sen. Ashley Moody — to push their Senate colleagues to protect hundreds of thousands of Haitians whose humanitarian visas were terminated by the Trump administration. -
Byron Donalds overstates David Jolly’s offshore drilling lobbying, ignores anti-drilling record. -
The native Floridians each are two-term veterans of the Florida House, and they’re seeking Lori Berman’s seat.
