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BELFAST — Belfast Flying Shoes presents a Community Dance at Steamboat Landing Park in Belfast on Friday, July 1, with Chrissy Fowler calling and music by the BFS All Comers Band, led by guest musicians Ti’Acadie. Ti’Acadie is Pam Weeks on fiddle...

You can't start your day without the morning review of the issues and players behind Florida politics.

The candidacy of Horace West in the Fla. House-51 race was undone by an error on a check he wrote to cover qualifying fees.

Alan Cohn joins seven other Democrats running in the district, which covers northwest Polk County and parts of Hillsborough and Pasco counties.

Bichara Ceneus’ late entry leaves Rep. Melony Bell, R-Fort Meade, as the only incumbent in a Polk County legislative race with no challengers.

Horace West is running as a Democrat in District 51. He joins two Republicans, state Rep. Josie Tomkow of Polk City and Bill Olson of Davenport.

Torres’ move came a day after Dennis Ross of Lakeland announced Monday that he was withdrawing from the race.

Bill Olson, a retired U.S. Army sergeant first class, won the Republican primary in U.S. House-9 but lost to Rep. Darren Soto in the general election.

'Scotty embodies everything we want to see in a candidate.'

The new maps, which a judge threw into limbo Tuesday, dramatically alter most of Polk County, Floridas congressional representation this year.