All eyes will be on former Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday. Crist will be making an announcement in St. Petersburg -- in all probability to announce he will be running for governor.

Crist will be making the announcement in Albert Whitted Park. While he ran for statewide office five times before, all as a Republican, Crist left the GOP to run for the U.S. Senate in 2010 with no party affiliation. He joined the Democrats in 2012 and is expected to run for his new partys nomination.

Former Gov. Charlie Crist is expected to announce next week that he will run for governor in 2014. After running for statewide office five times as a Republican, Crist left the GOP in 2010 to continue his bid for the U.S. Senate as an independent. After endorsing President Barack Obama in 2012, Crist joined the Democrats at the end of last year.

On Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott announced Bank of America and Merrill Lynch are expanding in Jacksonville bringing $13 million to the First Coast and 200 new jobs by 2015.

On Thursday, a jury found Nicholas Finch not guilty of misconduct and tampering with public records. Gov. Rick Scott reinstated Finch as sheriff of Liberty County.

The Twittersphere in Florida is buzzing about what appears to be the logo for former Gov. Charlie Crists upcoming gubernatorial campaign.

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., highlighted an event the Campaign for Liberty, which is chaired by his father and former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, will be putting on in Osprey next month.

The Campaign for Liberty will be holding a political training event at the Sarasota County GOPs headquarters in Osprey on Saturday, Nov. 16.

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., went to bat for U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on Thursday. Cotton is taking on U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., in 2014 and, with Arkansas trending Republican, the GOP has high hopes of winning the race.

A day after former state CFO Alex Sink announced she was running for the Democratic nomination for the congressional seat left vacant by the death of Bill Young, liberal group Emilys List announced they were backing her, withdrawing their support from Jessica Ehrlich.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., took to the airwaves after the Senate shot down his call for unanimous consent to approve his bill to delay the individual mandate included in President Barack Obamas federal health-care law due to the continued problems with Healthcare.gov.

Rubio appeared on Greta Van Sustrens program on Fox News on Wednesday night to weigh in on the health care law.

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ken., announced on Wednesday that he has issued a warning to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., that he could place a hold on Janet Yellens nomination to be chairwoman of the Federal Reserve.