The Florida races, by the polls worth reading
Where every race on your ballot with trustworthy polling stands, and how far to trust a lead.
By The Tampa Journal Special Reports Desk · Oct 23, 2026

The latest from Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties lands here first. Data Desk reports turn public records, from Census Bureau surveys to NOAA storm data, into plain answers about life around the bay. Special Reports include the county-by-county voting guides, built from supervisor of elections records and refreshed during early voting, including wait times in counties that publish them live.
Where every race on your ballot with trustworthy polling stands, and how far to trust a lead.

Every early-voting site with live wait times, your Election Day polling place, where to drop off a mail ballot, and the bus that gets you there.
