Election 2024

A man with an AK-style rifle pointed the firearm’s muzzle into Donald Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, as the former president was playing a round, prompting the U.S. Secret Service to open fire, according to three law enforcement officials. The former president is safe and unharmed, and the FBI says it is investigating “what appears to be an attempted assassination” of the Republican presidential candidate.

About 60 people watched the Tuesday night debate between former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris at the Boyd’s Community Center in Dunbar. Local fraternity and sorority chapters as well as community organizations organized and sponsored the event. Those who watched and listened to the lively debate shared their thoughts and reactions.

Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell admits he doesn’t like running for office, but he knows it’s part of the job as he seeks a fourth term as the county’s top cop.“I just really have a love of this job, a love of this community. And there's things that I saw that we needed to do here, to improve the quality of life for our residents. And, you know, I still have some goals that I want to achieve,” said Prummell.

Find all the early voting locations for the 2024 primary election in Southwest Florida, including dates, times, and key details to help you cast your vote.

President Joe Biden announced, Sunday, he’s dropping out of the presidential race and has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, instead. We get reaction and explore what’s next for the Democratic party in a conversation with Founding Director of the Institute for Youth and Justice Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University, Sandra Pavelka, Ph.D., and Interim Chair of the Democratic Party of Lee County, Jim Rosinus.

The Collier County Supervisor of Elections office will conduct a machine recount followed by a manual recount of ballots from the Naples mayoral race and a city council race that were too close to call following Tuesday’s elections.

We listen back to last week’s forum with City of Naples Mayoral candidates ahead of the March 19 election. The forum included all three candidates: incumbent Mayor Teresa Heitmann, current Naples City Councilman Ted Blankenship, and former councilman Gary Price. The forum was moderated by WGCU’s John Davis and Naples Daily News Executive Editor Wendy Fullerton Powell, and organized by the League of Women Voters of Collier County and the Collier Forum Coalition.

Former President Trump dominated in Iowa, beating his fellow Republicans by double digits.

Lee County voters need to be aware that all previous vote-by-mail ballot requests expired as of December 2022 due to a change in Florida law.