Politics
Gallery: Marion County Delegation at the CF Kle...
Marion County Delegation at the CF Klein Conference Center
Gallery: City of Ocala Elections
City of Ocala Elections
Three charter amendments approved by voters
All three Ocala city charter amendments on the ballot during...
Dreyer, Martin Gregory head to runoff for Distr...
Kristen Dreyer and Lori Martin Gregory will go to a...
Mansfield wins District 1 seat defeating Malever
Barry Mansfield won Tuesday’s election for Ocala City Council’s District...
Hilty takes back Ocala’s District 5 seat
James P. Hilty won the Ocala City Council’s District 5...
Musleh and Schlichter will go to runoff in Dist...
Jay Musleh and Ty Schlichter will head to a runoff...
Roundup: Sept. 21 Ocala city election results
Mayor Manal Fakhoury – 3,358 34.07% *Kent Guinn – 6,497 ...
Kent Guinn re-elected Ocala mayor
Kent Guinn won re-election to a sixth term as Ocala...
City election turnout at record level
At just after 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, the Marion County...
Three city council candidates have prior bankru...
At least three candidates running for Ocala City Council have...
Campaign contributions posted ahead of election...
Just days ahead of the Sept. 21 Ocala city elections,...
PAC raises $50,000 targeting city elections
In August, a political committee not officially tied to any...
Council candidate speaker at Jan. 6 Washington ...
Lori Martin Gregory was a featured speaker at one of...
Q & A with the candidates
In addition to electing the mayor and city council members,...
Justices to Hear Local Gun Regulations Case
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court will take up a...
Judge: Florida can’t enforce ban on schoo...
ST. PETERSBURG — A Florida judge ruled Wednesday that the...
School districts challenge state mask rule
TALLAHASSEE – In a new front in the fight about...
Fakhoury tops Guinn in mayoral contributions
Manal Fakhoury outraised incumbent Ocala Mayor Kent Guinn during the...
Councilman tied to campaign of council candidate
An Ocala City Councilman who works for a political consulting...
Florida school mask struggle goes before judge
ST. PETERSBURG — Florida’s power struggle over wearing masks in...
Q & A with the candidates
Editor’s Note: Leading up to the city election, we’ll be...
Campaign Contributions in City Elections
The following list contains the political contributions for all candidates...
Q & A with the candidates
Editor’s Note: Leading up to the city election, we’ll be...
Ocala Gazette 2021 Candidate Forum
Wednesday, August 11th District 4 Kevin Lopez Lori Martin Gregory...
Q & A with the candidates
Editor’s Note: Leading up to the city election, we’ll be...
Q & A with the candidates
Editor’s Note: Leading up to the city election, we’ll be...
Q & A with the candidates
Editor’s Note: Leading up to the city election, we’ll be...
Fire chief termination still burns at council m...
Sentiments over the recent firing of Ocala Fire Rescue Chief...
Ocala Gazette Candidate Forum Sponsored by Neig...
Ocala Gazette Candidate Forum August 9th and 11th, 6 p.m.,...
Ocala ballot set, city elections Sept. 21
With the qualifying period ending at noon on Friday, the...
Dreyer is sixth candidate to file for City Coun...
The number of candidates who have declared their candidacy for...
Juergens to run for City Council District 3
A third candidate has filed to run for the Ocala...
Fitos announces candidacy for District 4 counci...
Former Marion County Commissioner Barbara Fitos joins a growing number...
Summerfield man tied to Jan. 6 riot sentenced
A Summerfield man who was part of a white supremacist...
Ocala residents hold rally in support of Cuban ...
More than two dozen people held a rally near the...
Martin Gregory to run for Ocala District 4 seat
Lori Martin Gregory became the fourth candidate to file for...
Marion Militants: Six charged in Capitol riot
The recent arrest of two Marion County residents brings to...
Fakhoury announces bid for mayor
After three decades of serving the community on nonprofit boards...
Ocala city charter pronoun issue goes to voters
Nearly two months after more than 100 people flocked to...
Jones files for District 4 council seat
Members of the city’s homeless population were among the first...
Crist to vie for governor’s seat, again
TALLAHASSEE – More than a decade after walking away from...
DeSantis suspends COVID-19 emergency orders
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended all local-government coronavirus emergency...
Legislative session closes without deep budget ...
As the Florida Legislature’s 60-day session came to a close,...
Transgender athlete bill passes, heads to DeSantis
TALLAHASSEE – With Democrats decrying the “eleventh-hour” move, the Florida...
Bill targeting social media passes Senate
TALLAHASSEE – In one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top priorities...
City Council ditches gender pronoun proposal
Tuesday’s Ocala City Council meeting drew an overflow crowd, most...
DeSantis signs online sales tax bill
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Ron DeSantis quietly signed into law a...
DeSantis signs anti-riot bill into law
TALLAHASSEE – Flanked by uniformed law-enforcement officers, Gov. Ron DeSantis...