Former state Sen. Audrey Gibson once led the Duval County Democratic Party. Now, in the wake of a historic loss suffered by ...

Kenneth "Buddy" MacKay, Florida's most recent Democratic governor who took office on the death of Gov. Lawton Chiles, has ...

MacKay passed away peacefully in his sleep last Tuesday, on New Year’s Eve, surrounded by his adult sons and wife, Anne. He ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Renai Sparrow teaches 3rd grade at Lawton Chiles Elementary. She’s been teaching for 17 years, 13 of those in 3rd grade. “They’re fun. I have a good group. They’re very ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Kenneth Hood "Buddy" MacKay, Jr., who served as Florida's governor for just three weeks, died at 91 years old.

Former Florida Gov. Kenneth “Buddy” MacKay, 91, died peacefully during an afternoon nap at his home in Ocala surrounded by ...

A celebration honoring former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay will be held next Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 1 p.m. at Fort King ...

An estimated 10,000 arrived to see Carter at the Lakeland Civic Center on Oct. 31, 1980, just four days before the ...

TALLAHASSEE - Buddy MacKay, who lost to Jeb Bush for Florida governor in 1998 but still served 23 days in office after the ...

MacKay was born in Ocala in 1933 and obtained both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Florida.