One of the most contentious Republican primaries ever for the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board appeared to close in convincing fashion Tuesday night, with all four candidates supported by the ...

Four mainstream GOP candidates for Sarasota hospital board defeat 'medical freedom' slate Four GOP winners will now face four Democrats in November general election. Earle Kimel.

The partisan hospital board races had historically been low-profile prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which prompted a “Health Freedom” slate of candidates to run for four of five seats in 20 ...

Three candidates for the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board – including one of the most outspoken critics of Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and a sister of ...

In doing so, they held off a slate of "medical freedom" candidates who focused on a campaign that looked back at how the hospital handled the COVID-19 pandemic and questioned the hospital's ...