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Florida labor officials say the state’s unemployment dropped to its lowest mark in nearly four years in October with 8.5 percent of the workforce still hunting for jobs. Although the figure is an improvement from September’s 8.7 percent unemployment in Florida, it remains higher than the 7.9 percent national average. …

In Tuesday night's election, President Barack Obama was said to have won re-election. Florida is the only state that has not been called, but politicians from the state like Bill Nelson and Corrine Brown have been named the winners of their respective races.

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney took a few days off of the campaign trail as a result of Hurricane Sandy's trek across the Northeast. Both candidates have been using other politicians as representatives in their absence and have planned to get back to campaigning this week to visit crucial areas.

Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, stopped at David's Real Pit BBQ, 521 NE 23rd Ave., Thursday to speak to a limited crowd as part of a series of campaign stops through Florida.

With two weeks until Election Day, local political party chairmen react to the final presidential debate this week.

The final presidential debate took place Monday night at Lynn University.

Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan competed with hot weather and a heated crowd of his opponents’ supporters at a campaign event in Ocala today. The Republican congressman from Wisconsin answered North Central Florida residents’ questions in a town hall style campaign event. The event was held in the Ocala Downtown Square, where the temperature hovered around 87 degrees.

The second presidential debate is expected to be an even matchup, according to UF professor Ronald Carpenter.

President Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney will face off Wednesday night in this year's first televised presidential debate.

The first presidential debate will take place on Wednesday. Education is likely to be an important topic for both the presidential and vice presidential debates.