Having won the backing of Florida Right-to-Life PAC on Thursday over two rivals in the Republican primary to be Floridas next attorney general, Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp stressed his conservative credentials on abortion on Friday morning.

Big boost for Republican candidate Doug Broxson who is running for the House seat that Rep. Greg Evers, R-Baker, is vacating to run for the Senate. Broxson won the backing of the Associated Builders & Contractors of Florida, a group that represents more than 2,500 businesses employing more than 200,000 Floridians.

"ABC stands for free enterprise, lower taxes and fiscal responsibility, and Doug Broxson shares our philosophy," said ABC of Florida Chairman Gary Stout. "We look forward to doing all we can to elect Doug Broxson in House District 1.

The Florida Democratic Party fired away at the Republicans on Thursday afternoon.

Going through the documents on the criminal case against former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer, Democratic spokesman Eric Jotkoff blasted the GOP leadership in Tallahassee.

With health care executive Rick Scott ahead of him in the polls for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, Attorney General Bill McCollum came roaring out on Thursday on immigration, taking shots at President Barack Obamas plans for immigration reform.

Independent gubernatorial candidate Bud Chiles is up in arms about two members being knocked off the Florida PSC and is calling for a grand jury to look into the matter.

Never in Floridas history have special interests so actively and effectively subverted the will of the people," said Chiles. The message to new commissioners is clear: side with consumers and well have you removed. The people have a right to understand how this travesty happened.

Mired in third place in the polls behind independent Gov. Charlie Crist and GOP candidate Marco Rubio, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, one of their Democratic rivals in the race for the U.S. Senate, hopes to link his two foes to the continuing legal problems surrounding the Republican Party of Florida.

The Florida Democratic Party is going after Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former House Speaker Marco Rubio for holding a huge fundraiser in New York hosted by hedge fund manager Paul Singer. Noting that the fundraiser took place the same night the U.S. House passed a financial services reform bill, the Democrats ripped into Rubio.

U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam, the Republican nominee for commissioner of agriculture and consumer services, unveiled a new technology tactic on Thursday when he became the first candidate in Floridas history to use an iPhone application for campaigning.

I am excited to announce the launch of iPutnam, an iPhone application that will allow me to stay connected with you throughout the course of the campaign, keeping you updated on where we are and what we are doing, all through your mobile device, said Putnam.

July 1-3 this year marks the 147^th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, the pivotal conflict in the Civil War. While the story has been told over and over again -- from the stand of the 20^th Maine under Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain at Little Round Top, to Picketts Charge -- its easy to overlook the role of theFlorida Brigade, nominally under the command of Gen. Edward Perry, who went on to serve as governor in the 1880s.

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has triggered a rise in the number of changed travel plans arranged by eastern U.S. travelers considering visiting Florida's Gulf Coast in the next 12 months, a survey from popular travel resource AAA found Thursday.