Republicans representing Florida in Congress weighed in after U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced on Friday that he would resign his post by the end of October.

The executive board of the Republican Party of Florida voted 35-1 Friday to change its qualifying requirements to allow presidential candidates on the Presidential Preference Primary ballot next year, in a move many are calling a crumbling to criticisms over banning candidates from the primary ballot.

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is on the way out in Congress and that’s good news for Republicans in the Florida delegation who have opposed his leadership. 

Tom Rooney has plenty of options as he ponders his political future but Tallahassee might be a better bet than staying in Washington.  There’s already buzz that Rooney could try for the U.S. Senate in 2018 regardless of what Bill Nelson does. But Rick Scott has also thrown his name into the mix and Rooney simply doesn’t have the name recognition or the war chest the governor has. 

With U.S. House Speaker, John Boehner, R-Ohio, now on the way out, U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., could stand at the center of the congressional stage even as he faces questions about his future in the Sunshine State. 

Republican Party of Florida leaders are walking back a proposal that would require GOP White House wannabes to show up in the Sunshine State this fall if they want to make it onto the 2016 presidential primary ballot.

The party's Constitution and Rules Committee unanimously approved a revised plan Thursday, a day before the state party's executive board is slated to vote on it.

Testimony on the congressional mapmaking process began Thursday morning in Tallahassee as staffers from the House of Representatives were grilled on how they created sets of maps to alter the lines of Florida’s congressional districts.

On Thursday, Pope Francis spoke to Congress, the first pontiff to ever address a Joint Meeting of Congress. Members of the Florida delegation offered their thoughts on the Pope’s speech on Thursday.

Businessman Donald Trump is leading the pack of Republican presidential candidates in Florida but there’s a battle for second place in the Sunshine State, according to a new poll. 

A PAC with ties to Republican strategist Karl Rove waded into the U.S. Senate race in Florida on Thursday, demanding Democratic candidate U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., back more presidential debates.