Latest reporting from the Elections desk.
Two Lakewood Ranch early voting locations open Monday, Oct. 19, for the Nov. 3 general election, with daily hours through Nov. 1 and a mail-ballot request deadline of Oct. 22.
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Republican Sydney Gruters, who won her Aug. 18 primary with over 63% of the vote, is running for Florida's 16th Congressional District in the Nov. 3 general election, citing cost of living as her top priority.
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Democrat Annette Taddeo, a former state senator and small business owner, is running for Florida chief financial officer against Republican Blaise Ingoglia, pledging to grade insurance companies and audit no-bid state contracts.
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Camden Bedinghaus, 23, faces Jonathan Mullis in the Nov. 3 general election for Manatee County School Board District 5. In our questionnaire, Bedinghaus said literacy is his top priority and he would declare a reading emergency on his first day.
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