a Democrat and the county's longest serving sheriff, is seeking a sixth term in one of the most powerful offices in the county. His one-time top deputy, Michael Gauger, a Republican, is looking to ...

The Florida Commission on Ethics fined Lauro Diaz, a Republican candidate in last year's county sheriff election, for failing ...

Saroka acknowledged to the commission that he came across the Diaz discrepancies while doing research for Michael ... with Gauger. Republican Diaz subsequently endorsed Democrat Sheriff Ric ...