Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Republican nominee in the U.S. Senate race, unveiled his first commercial in Spanish on Monday.

Not mentioning either of his major opponents -- Gov. Charlie Crist who is running without party affiliation and Democratic nominee U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek -- Rubio focuses on the story of his family in the new ad.

When translated the commercial reads as follows:

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, the ranking Republican on the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, came out swinging on Monday against efforts in Congress to relax the ban of American tourists visiting Cuba.

The Florida chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) endorsed Republican nominee Pam Bondi for attorney general on Monday morning, citing her commitment to continue a challenge launched by Attorney General Bill McCollum against new federal health-care laws backed by President Barack Obama.

Health-care legislation and a continued sluggish economy are contributing to President Barack Obama's diminishing approval levels.

In a new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll, 44 percent said they will vote to oust the president in 2012, and 13 percent said they will consider voting for someone else.

With polls showing him fading behind Republican candidate Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate race and hearing the footsteps of Democratic nominee U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek coming behind him, Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running without party affiliation in the race, announced on Sunday that former U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, a Democrat, was backing his bid.

The team of Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, the Republican congressional candidate looking to replace U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart in his current seat, hammered Democratic opponent Joe Garcia for attending a fund-raiser with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez.

From his perch as the ranking Republican on the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, one of the leading critics of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez in Congress, weighed in on the elections that will be held in that South American nation on Sunday.

On late Friday, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, a deputy whip in the Republican congressional leadership, weighed in on a vote earlier in the week to reduce the number of federal employeesto what it was in 2009.

Republican Party of Florida Chairman Sen. John Thrasher of Jacksonville released a statement Friday disparaging Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson's recent negative ad aimed at his District 8 congressional opponent, Daniel Webster. In the ad Grayson claims Webster "doesn't love this country," which is quite an indictment.

The ad, which FactCheck.org calls "one of the nastiest we've seen so far this year, and it's false," compelled Thrasher to say this:

Prominent Floridian and acclaimed movie icon Burt Reynolds made the American Mustache Institutes 20 Mustaches that Changed History List, coming in at No. 5. Why is that important? I have no idea -- except that every Floridian wants to live in a state where the powerful make a difference in society. Don't they?