About eight months ago, the New York Times said Marco Rubio could be the "first senator from the tea party."

But in an article published Sunday, the Gray Lady suggests the Republican U.S. Senate candidate is taking a different approach than other tea-party-minded candidates looking to shake up Washington.

Instead of simply being anti-Washington, Rubio is making it a point to support some policies as well.

In the final hours before the primary on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek continues to wrap himself around the Democratic establishment as he battles Jeff Greene for the Democratic nod for the U.S. Senate race.

Meeks wife, Leslie, attended church services on Sunday with Grace Nelson, the wife of U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, best known for his stint as DNC chairman and his 2004 presidential campaign, wrote Democrats on Sunday, urging them to rally behind Meek.

Despite the muggy weather, Sen. Dan Gelber of Miami Beach, in a tight battle with Sen. Dave Aronberg of Greenacres, campaigned on Monroe Street on Tallahassee on Saturday, across from the Capitol. Surrounded by family, campaign staff and volunteers, Gelber waved at passing cars, shook the hands of early voters and led a round of cheers at passing cars with his bumper stickers.

Its an extra opportunity to get to the voters, said Christian Ulvert, Gelbers campaign manager, who emphasized the importance of having the candidate at an early voting event.

Brian Moore, who is running in the Democratic gubernatorial primary as a heavy underdog against state CFO Alex Sink, said on Saturday that he will ask independent gubernatorial candidate Bud Chiles to serve as his running mate in the unlikely event he wins the primary on Tuesday.

Having campaigned with former President Bill Clinton on Monday, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meeks bid for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate election is getting another lift from the former president who recorded a call going out to Florida Democrats this weekend.

At a campaign stop in Miami on Friday, former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the overwhelming favorite to win the Republican nomination on Tuesday for the U.S. Senate, tackled issues relative to seniors.

Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the overwhelming favorite to win the Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate race on Tuesday, weighed in on the announcement Friday that Floridas unemployment rate increased to 11.5 percent in July -- and took aim at President Barack Obama and Gov. Charlie Crist.

As the primary contests enter their final hours, Mason-Dixon released a poll on Friday that showed Pam Bondi slightly ahead in the Republican battle for the attorney nomination while Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, was leading for the Democratic nod.

With the primaries looming Tuesday, Florida politicians received an unexpected jolt on Friday when the Agency for Workforce Innovation (AWI) announced that, after declining for three months, the state unemployment rate rose in July to 11.5 percent. This represents a slight increase from June when the rate stood at 11.4 percent -- with 1,055,000 Floridians out of work from a total population of 9,214,0000.

Cutting government waste and improving efficiency will be the chief topics of a forum hosted by incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, and Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, on Friday afternoon at the State College of Floridas Lakewood Ranch campus in Sarasota.