'We're not Lawton Chiles' party anymore': Audrey Gibson makes …
1 day ago · A veteran elected leader argues that her party needs a course correction to reach voters it lost in 2024. Former state Sen. Audrey Gibson once led the Duval County Democratic Party. Now, in the ...
Editorial: Buddy MacKay reminds us of a time when people came …
2 days ago · Among his profound achievements: Persuading former Sen. Lawton Chiles, with whom he had served in Congress, to come out of retirement and run for governor in 1990. ... CBS News’s Margaret ...
Tributes to former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay: A legacy …
The late politician served 23 days in office after the sudden death of Governor Lawton Chiles, died in his home in Ocklawaha, Fla. after taking a nap and never waking up. He was sworn in as ...
Buddy MacKay, a Democrat who briefly served as ... - 5 Eyewitness News
5 days ago · TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay, who lost to Jeb Bush in 1998 but still served 23 days in office after the sudden death of Gov. Lawton Chiles, has died.
Lawton Chiles - Wikipedia
Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (April 3, 1930 – December 12, 1998) was an American politician and military officer. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Florida from 1971 to 1989 and as the 41st governor of Florida from 1991 until his death in 1998.
Remembering Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles 25 years after his death
Dec 13, 2023 · Friends of Gov. Lawton Chiles gathered for lunch on the 25th anniversary of his death Tuesday to tell tales about the shrewd and folksy “he coon,” whose two terms in the Governor’s Mansion...
Ron Sachs: Remembering Lawton Chiles - Florida Politics
Dec 11, 2023 · For many people who work or have worked in “The Process,” Tuesday, Dec. 12 — tomorrow — marks the 25 th anniversary of the 1998 tragic death of Gov. Lawton Chiles, at the age of 68, just weeks...
Walkin' Lawton Remembered by Locals - WUWF
Mar 17, 2020 · Fifty years ago today, a little-known state senator, Lawton Chiles, started a 1,000-mile walk across Florida. The trip - that earned him the nickname “Walkin’ Lawton” - would take him to the U.S. Capitol and later the governor's mansion in Tallahassee.
Lawton Chiles: Congress rework Florida farm bill to save wildlife
Mar 14, 2024 · Lawton “Bud” Chiles and his wife, Kitty Chiles, own and operate Jubilee Orchards, an organic blueberry farm in Tallahassee. This opinion piece was originally published by the Tallahassee...
Lawton Chiles endowment fund terminated - WCJB TV20
Jun 3, 2021 · But a new state law terminates the fund tobacco companies send hundreds of millions of dollars to every year. When then-Governor Lawton Chiles signed a bill allowing the state to sue tobacco companies over the money it was spending on poor sick patients, he was told he was wasting his time.