CNN anchors Candy Crawley and John King give a preview of the Florida debates they will be moderating on Sunday and Monday, respectively.

Crawley will moderate the U.S. Senate debate between Republican Marco Rubio, Gov. Charlie Crist, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek at 9 a.m. Sunday. King hosts the gubernatorial debate between Republican Rick Scott and Democrat Alex Sink on Monday evening.

The gubernatorial candidates weighed in on the news Friday that the state's unemployment rate went up in September -- and both Democratic nominee state CFO Alex Sink and Republican candidate Rick Scott focused on their experience creating jobs in the private sector.

While former President George W. Bush and his Vice President Dick Cheney have been conspicuously absent from the campaign trail, you haven't heard the last of them.

The candidates in the U.S. Senate race are weighing in on Florida's continued high unemployment --11.9 percent in September.

Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Connie Mack sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging the administration to reconsider allowing Russia into the World Trade Organization (WTO) due to that nations support of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavezs nuclear ambitions.

At a campaign event in Sarasota on Friday morning, Sen. Dan Gelber of Miami Beach, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, called for the creation of a unit in the attorney generals office to investigate investment fraud. Gelber also weighed in on Arthur Nadel, a Sarasota resident who was sentenced to 14 years due to leading a ponzi scheme.

On Friday morning, the Agency for Workforce Innovation (AWI) announced that the unemployment rate continued to grow in Florida during September. AWI revealed that the unemployment rate increased from 11.8 percent in August to 11.9 percent in September -- meaning 1,100,000 Floridians out of a pool of 9,242,000 were out of work. More than 11,000 Floridians lost their jobs in August.

Republican U.S. Sen. George LeMieux praised Guillermo Faris, an opponent of Fidel Castro who received the European Parliament Sakharov Prize honoring freedom and human rights.

Republicans are coming out in force for early voting. Supervisor of elections' offices around Florida are reporting more than 750,000 absentee and early votes already cast in just the first couple of days, and Republicans have the clear advantage.

The Republican Party of Florida published these numbers today:

Mike Prendergast, the Republican candidate challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, unveiled his jobs plan on Thursday.

While he is an underdog, Prendergast, a retired colonel in the Army who served on the staff of former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, has won the backing of prominent national Republicans including former Gov. Jeb Bush and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Prendergast called for reforming jobs programs set up by President Barack Obama's federal stimulus -- a measure which the Republican candidate opposed.