After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney endorsed fellow Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Allen West on Friday. With the congressional districts redrawn by the Legislature, Rooney represents some of the district that West is currently running for. West faces Martin County Sheriff Bob Crowder --who backed Democrat candidate Alex Sink in 2010 during the closest gubernatorial election in Floridas history --for the Republican nomination.

After admitting to sending inappropriate texts to Assistant U.S. Attorney Marlene Fernandez-Karavetsos -- an unwilling recipient who complained to law enforcement about the matter -- Florida Rep. Richard Steinberg, D-Miami Beach, announced he would resign his office on Friday. His resignation takes effect immediately.

With his battle with Congressman Connie Mack for the Republican nomination to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson continuing to intensify, former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux continued to hammer his GOP rival and looked to play a little political judo over former Gov. Charlie Crist.

Mitt Romney has built a solid lead over Rick Santorum in Arizona, which holds its primary on Tuesday, according to a poll released by Rasmussen Reports on Friday. The poll of likely primary voters has Romney taking 42 percent while Santorum places second with 29 percent. Newt Gingrich garners 16 percent while Ron Paul lags in single digits with 8 percent. One percent back other candidates. According to the poll, there are not enough undecided voters for Santorum to catch up -- only 3 percent of those surveyed are undecided.