It's a long way until 2010, but Susan Haynie's victory over Al Travasos in a Boca Raton City Council contest last week could have implications for the race two years from now to replace term-limi...

U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, the media-described “top Jewish proxy” for Barack Obama’s campaign, has been trying to explain Obam...

Ben Graber is abandoning his primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler. He plans to leave the Democratic Party and run against Wexler in November without ...

Former Broward County commissioner and former state legislator Ben Graber is dropping his Democratic primary challenge of U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Delray B...

As the nation enters a new political cycle, it is clear the statement of the year is change. The tragedy of the last seven years is coming to a close. As new leade...

If the main challengers to Maryland Reps. Wayne T. Gilchrest and Albert R. Wynn fail to unseat them in primary elections next Tuesday, it won't be because they lacked sufficient campaign funds.

Boca Raton, FL - Hundreds of activists from around the country, and from as far as Australia and Argentina, joined together in the 19th District of Florida to rally against genocide denier Cong. Robert Wexler (D-FL-19), and stand ...

Ben Graber, a candidate for US Congressional District 19 in Florida, has introduced a detailed plan for a single-payer healthcare system for the United States. A p...

The year 2007 may well be the year the average citizen has had enough of government inadequacy. The U.S. Congress hit an all time low of a 14 percent favorability rating. The president is now at 33 percent and considers that an imp...

Over one hundred South Florida activists rallied b...

Getting off to an unusually early start in his 2008 Democratic primary challenge of U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, former Broward County Commissioner Ben Graber plans to begin airing TV ads this morning. Graber's ad campa...

The race is less than a week old and the primary is 16 months away, but the contest between U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler and Ben Graber is already heating up. Graber said this week that he's seeking a rematch against Wexler,...

It's an issue that is splitting the Jewish community and has entered a South Florida congressional primary: How can a Jewish congressman not recognize the 1915 massacre of possibly 1.5 million Armenian civilians as genocide? The iss...

Dr. Ben Graber moved with his family to Coral Springs in 1978 where he became one of the first OB/GYNs in the City. In the past 29 years, Dr. Graber has delivered close to 500 Coral Springs residents including the first baby born i...

Those who think the 2008 presidential race has started too early probably should turn a blind eye to the House race in the Florida 19th.

Ben Graber, a former Broward County commissioner and state representative, said Monday that he will challenge U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler's re-election in next year's Democratic primary. Graber said Wexler has excelled at ...

Democrat Ben Graber, a former Broward County commissioner and state House member, announced Monday that he'll challenge six-term U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Delray Beach, in a primary next year. Graber has been considering ...

Former Broward County Commissioner Ben Graber will run against Congressman Robert Wexler in 2008, Graber announced in a press release this afternoon. Wexler represents House District 19, in northern Broward and southern Palm B...

In 1954, I was a 6-year-old boy living in the Bronx. In August, on a hot, muggy city day, my mother took us to the park to play. The park keeper opened the spigot to spray cool water on the kids. Some of the water pooled and we began to swim and subm...

Most Floridians are protected from excessive taxes on their primary residences with the Save Our Homes amendment to the state constitution. This limits increases in the assessed value of the home to 3 percent per year. In rece...

We've frequently drawn attention to the pathologies of the Florida property tax system in recent posts. Assessment caps create unjustifiable inequities between similar homeo...