While the mayor for St. Petersburg race has been getting a lot of the attention, there were a number of other races on the ballot today across the Bay area.
Bill Foster has won the election to be the next mayor of St. Petersburg. With all precincts reporting, Foster defeated Kathleen Ford by a margin of 52.76 percent to 47.24 percent.
Republican Chris Christie rode a wave of voter anger over New Jersey's battered economy to oust Gov. Jon Corzine, the sole incumbent governor up for re-election Tuesday, despite strong support for the <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Political+Bodies/Democratic+Party" title="More news, photos about Democ
Elections in a handful of states today, including governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia, loom as the first significant electoral test of the coalition that swept President Obama and congressional Democrats to victory one year ago.
Voters will elect a new mayor Tuesday in St. Petersburg.
Florida State Sen. Paula Dockery says she will run for governor, challenging Attorney General Bill McCollum for the Republican nomination
The ballots cast for St. Petersburg mayor Tuesday will not have political parties on them. But races elsewhere in America are partisan, and a few are generating a lot of attention from political talkers and the White House.
It's been a marathon of a race, and both Kathleen Ford and Bill Foster are ready for a breather. But not until the final ballots are cast for mayor on Tuesday.
The Florida Democrat who said Republicans want sick people to "die quickly" is again drawing criticism for his harsh rhetoric, this time for making derogatory remarks about a senior Federal Reserve adviser in a radio interview.
With just over two weeks left until the November election, the St. Pete mayoral candidates were out trying to win over some potential voters at the Saturday Morning Market.