Congressional candidate Scott Fortune was very gracious on Wednesday when asked about comments from Duval County Democratic Chairman Travis Bridges saying he did not know much about him.

Im not offended, said Fortune. I am a newcomer.

Fortune, an attorney based in Duval County specializing in employment and discrimination cases, is making an underdog challenge in the Democratic primary to knock off veteran incumbent Congresswoman Corrine Brown.

Less than a week after filing papers to run, former North Miami Mayor Kevin Burns will announce at Wednesdays Democracy for America meeting in Coral Gables that he is ending his campaign for the U.S. Senate and will instead run for the state senate seat that Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, is vacating to run for attorney general.

With real estate billionaire Jeff Greene announcing on Friday that he would enter the Democratic primary for the Senate, Burns and his team said the dynamics of the contest had changed.

Major donors from across the state sent Gov. Charlie Crist demanding their money back. The list of signers is pretty impressive-Al Cardenas, Amb. Al Hoffman, Congressman Gary Lee, Anita Mitchell, Tom Petway, Amb. John Rood, Jason Unger and other financial supporters of the G.O.P.

As longtime and loyal contributors to Republican causes and your many campaigns, this letter is not easy for us to write, they wrote. But your actions have forced us to take action.

While he faces a crowded field in the Democratic primary, Rudy Moises bid for Congress is starting to build support in the Beltway.

Citizens for Global Solutions Political Action Committee, which advocates for greater American participation in global affairs and the United Nations, has released its first list of endorsed candidates for the 2010 congressional elections.

Gov. Charlie Crist is hinting that he may veto a measure passed by the Legislature in the last days of the session requiring ultrasounds be performed for pregnant women considering abortions in the first trimester.

Conservatives are contacting the governor, encouraging him to sign the measure. Florida Right to Life and Florida Family Action, a group affiliated with the Florida Family Policy Council, are asking their backers to contact the governor.

Florida Republicans are also helping that the newly independent governor signs the measure.

With Gov. Charlie Crist bailing out of the Republican party to continue his campaign for the U.S. Senate as an independent, it comes as no surprise that former Gov. Jeb Bush has endorsed Marco Rubios bid for the Senate. Bush and Rubio are close allies going back to their time in Tallahassee together.

Polls, polls, everywhere polls for the most dramatic political race Florida has seen since George Smathers knocked Claude Pepper out of the U.S. Senate.

McLaughlin and Associates released a poll that shows independent Gov. Charlie Crist with 33 percent followed by Republican Marco Rubio at 29 percent and Democrtaic Congressman Kendrick Meek with 15 percent.

A poll that Rasmussen Reports took yesterday mirrors the McLaughlin one. Crist was at 38 percent with Rubio at 34 percent and Meek at 17 percent.

The National Right to Life Political Action Committee endorsed former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the leading Republican candidate, for the U.S. Senate election.

"As Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Marco Rubio was a strong advocate for life," said Karen Cross, political director of National Right to Life. "Our endorsement represents Speaker Rubio's unwavering commitment to renewing a culture of life in Florida and throughout the nation."

Scott Fortune, an attorney based out of Jacksonville Beach, has challenged Congresswoman Corrine Brown in the Democratic primary.

Fortune is a political unknown. How unknown? Despite calling Jacksonville home for over two and a half decades and following its politics very closely, I have never heard of him. Apparently I am not alone. Duval County Democratic Party Chairman Travis Bridges knew the name but did not know much else about Fortune.

From his perch on the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Republican Congressman Connie Mack may focus more on Latin American issues but he is slowly emerging as a leading voice on other aspects of foreign policy. Case in point, with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the U.N. on Monday, Mack blasted the Iranian leader for his intemperate remarks.