Pam Bondi is one of Floridas best-known prosecutors. She has analyzed big-time crime on Fox and CNN and personally tried some of the states highest-profile capital murder cases during her 18 years in Tampa-area courtrooms.

Democrat Dan Gelbers eight-year career as a federal prosecutor ran the gamut. He brought charges against Cuban parrot smugglers and successfully prosecuted police officers for lying about the brutal beating death of a Puerto Rican drug dealer.