FLORIDA RECORD

ORLANDO – Nurse by profession, community activist by nature, Sharon Middleton will have much to offer the Florida Bar when she joins its Board of Governors at the Bar’s June 17 annual convention as a public member.

Three candidates vying for one seat in the state Senate from Florida’s ocean-side District 34 have tipped the scales in terms of campaign fundraising to date, and political pundits are scurrying to connect the dots.

BARTOW – Nearing the end of her second six-year term, incumbent Judge Susan Barber faces a formidable challenge in Michael McDaniel, who is campaigning to fill her seat in Polk County’s judicial election on Aug. 30.