Florida CFO Jeff Atwater will hit the streets of the nationss oldest city to help former Rep. Travis Hutson over former Rep. Doc Renuart in the special election to replace John Thrasher in the Florida Senate. Atwater announced on Friday that he will campaign with Hutson in St. Augustine to urge that voters back the former state representative in the Jan. 27 primary.

Earlier this week former U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., passed on leadership of his Guardian Fund PAC to U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga. On Friday, Loudermilk outlined his agenda for the PAC in the 2016 election cycle.

With both former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., and former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., looking at running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, Brett Doster, one of the leading Republican strategists in the Sunshine State, is putting his chips behind the former Florida governor.

While U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will be giving the official Republican response to President Barack Obamas State of the Union address on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., will offer the Spanish translation.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced Curbelo was selected for the Spanish translation on Thursday.

U.S. Rep. Curt Clawson, R-Fla., will offer the Tea Party Expresss response to President Barack Obamas State of the Union Address on Tuesday.

Tea Party Express Executive Director Taylor Budowich made the announcement on Thursday. Clawson was in the news earlier in the month for voting for U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., instead of U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to lead the chamber.

At a media event in Miami on Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott, R-Fla., called for $100 million to shore up charter schools, an increase from $75 million last year.

Constitutional Rights PAC (CRPAC) continued to ramp up its opposition to former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., running for president in 2016.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the heavy favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, is more worried about former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., than former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., on the Republican side.

The New York Daily News has a story on Thursday indicating that a top Clinton adviser thinks Bush has a better chance against the Democrat than Romney.

Conservative group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) unveiled its agenda on Thursday for the upcoming Florida legislative session. AFPs agenda calls for ending the corporate income tax and pulling the plug on special interest, business-specific tax subsidies and exemptions; reforming Medicaid, public pensions and Citizens Property Insurance; more school choice; less government regulation and more government transparency.

U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., offered a last-minute challenge to U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, last week. After failing to dislodge Boehner, Webster offered his reflections on his attempt on Thursday.