Florida GOP primary winner Mitt Romney dominated in large metro areas along both coasts, the important I-4 corridor and scored big with Hispanics.
The results are a marked improvement over his effort in 2008, when Romney finished second to Gov. Charlie Crist-backed U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who swept the Sunshine States large Central and South Florida counties and Hispanic populations.
With the presidential campaign leaving the Sunshine State after Florida Republicans voted in the primary Tuesday, some of the spotlight returns to Marco Rubio, who became a conservative star in the 2010 election cycle by defeating then-Gov. Charlie Crist in the U.S. Senate election.
Appearing on Fox News on Tuesday night, Rubio said Mitt Romneys big win in the GOP primary in the Sunshine State would help him if he emerges to take on President Barack Obama in November. Rubio has not endorsed any of the Republican presidential hopefuls.
Proving that it is less a Southern state and more of a Yankee suburb, Florida awarded former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with a 14-point victory over Newt Gingrich.
Flipping the tables on Gingrich, who carried South Carolina by 12 points just 10 days earlier, Romney piled up huge majorities in Florida's most populous counties.
In Miami-Dade, Romney beat Gingrich 69,653 to 30,394. In Hillsborough, Romney won 43,129 to 25,520 and he carried Broward 35,795 to 22,012.
Bits and pieces from the Florida Republican presidential primary ...
The "Massachusetts moderate" won big. Let the Florida tea party recriminations begin.
Mitt Romney ran away with the Florida presidential primary. Newt Gingrich, despite an endorsement from a late-blooming tea party coalition, finished 14 points behind.
Romney's winner-take-all victory only netted him 50 convention delegates because the state's allotment was halved as punishment for jumping the primary schedule. But Gingrich's defeat was a serious blow to tea party activists in search of the "anti-Romney."
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney established himself as the clear front-runner to take on President Barack Obama in November with a decisive win in Tuesdays Florida Republican presidential primary.
Thank you tonight for this great victory, Romney told a cheering crowd in Tampa on Tuesday night after the results were clear.
A federal appellate court on Tuesday upheld a 2010 constitutional amendment that attempts to ensure that congressional political districts are drawn fairly, rejecting an appeal backed by the Republican-led Florida Legislature.
Senate President Mike Haridopolos needs to quickly bring a few more members of his chamber into the pro-prison privatization camp if he wants a successful vote on the controversial proposal Wednesday afternoon.
But with at least 10 Republican senators either opposed or undecided on Senate Bill 2038, which would outsource 28 correctional facilities in Central and South Florida, the Merritt Island Republican said he isnt going to be twisting arms following a contentious floor session Tuesday.
WASHINGTON -- When a friend was writing a novel, he was concerned that his protagonist was too perfect.
