With Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott wrapping up a bus tour of the state, the Florida Democratic Party is taking shots at some of the incidents that occurred on the trip, including Scott saying he would look into whether or not President Barack Obama was born in the United States.

Trailing badly in the polls behind health-care executive Rick Scott in the fight for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, Attorney General Bill McCollum sought to reinforce his crime-fighting credentials on Monday.

With less than a month until his showdown with Jeff Greene for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate race, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek finally took to the airwaves with a new commercial. While recent polls have found the Democratic nominee -- be it Meek or Greene -- far behind independent candidate Gov. Charlie Crist or Republican candidate Marco Rubio, the battle between the Democrats has increasingly gotten nasty and this commercial is no different. The Meek campaign is not focusing on its candidate at all despite polls showing he remained unknown to many Floridians.

With Kirk Headley-Perdue getting the backing of the Republican Party of Florida to the tune of more than $28,000, her opponent in the Republican primary for the House seat currently held by Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda, D-Tallahasse, is up in arms.

Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate race, promised on Monday to reign in federal spending and offered proposals to help slash the size and cost of the federal government.

Currently locked at the top of the polls with Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running without party affiliation, Rubio spoke at a town hall meeting in Jacksonville where he unveiled his proposals.

State CFO Alex Sink, the likely Democratic candidate in the gubernatorial race, is talking up her gender. On Tuesday, Sink will kick off a new arm of her campaign, Women for Alex.

Thirty years ago, when I started working my way up in the business world, women executives were few and far between, wrote Sink to supporters this weekend. It wasn't easy breaking the glass ceiling, but I wasn't about to let that hold me back.

Locked in a close primary battle with billionaire investor Jeff Greene for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate election, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek is finally getting backing from the Obama administration. Meek, who lags far behind both independent Gov. Charlie Crist and Republican candidate Marco Rubio, will be holding a fund-raiser on Aug. 2 in Washington and the headliner will be Rahm Emmanuel, the former congressman from Chicago now serving as White House chief of staff.

Money is flowing into the First Coast. Republican Party of Florida Chairman Sen. John Thrasher, R-Jacksonville, is facing two challengers in his bid for re-election.

The story in the 9th House race has been the tight battle between Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel-Vasilinda, D-Tallahassee, and former Leon County Democratic Chairman Rick Minor for the Democratic nomination. Once again, Minor brought in more cash than the incumbent, who was prohibited from fund-raising in April when the Legislature was in session. Minor raised $15,224.17, while Rehwinkel-Vasilinda raised less than $11,000.

Former Tallahassee Mayor Scott Maddox, the Democratic candidate in the race for commissioner of agriculture and consumer services, posted his fund-raising figures for 2010. Maddox brought in more than $100,000 in cash and more than $55,000 through in-kind donations, while his Republican opponent U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam brought in more than $205,000 in cash and more than $166,000 through in-kind donations.