Riding a wave of tea party support and anti-Obama angst, Republican Marco Rubio crushed independent Charlie Crist and Democrat Kendrick Meek to become Florida's newest U.S. senator.

In the end, Charlie Crist was too clever for his own good.

On election eve, Democrat Alex Sink holds a 3-point lead over Republican Rick Scott in the Florida gubernatorial contest, and Republican Marco Rubio is running away with the U.S. Senate race, a new Sunshine State News Poll shows.

While Republican Rick Scott battles Democrat Alex Sink in a tight gubernatorial contest, Republicans hold steady 9- to 13-point leads for Florida's three other Cabinet-level positions, according to a Sunshine State News Poll.

In the tight 22nd Congressional District race between U.S. Rep. Ron Klein and Republican challenger Allen West, the National Education Association is looking to be the difference-maker for the incumbent.

According to Sunshine State News' nightly tracking poll, in the U.S. Senate race independent Charlie Crist has lost 2 percentage points since the surveys began Oct. 13. Meanwhile, Republican Marco Rubio has padded his lead by 4 points and Democrat Kendrick Meek has picked up a point.

While most of Florida's 25 congressional races tilt toward Republicans this year, Democrats' best chance for a takeaway is in South Florida's sprawling 25th District, a new Sunshine State News Poll shows.

Michigan's economy may be in even worse shape than Florida's, but the Michigan Chamber of Commerce still managed to send $1.6 million in political contributions to the Sunshine State this month.

The money flowed into the Florida affiliate of the Republican Governors Association, which listed a total of $6,606,281 in cash donations in just the past two months.

Of that take, $4.3 million was forwarded to the Republican Party of Florida.

The RGA's money machine is called a "mixing bowl" by the Michigan Campaign Finance Network.

Challenging Charlie Crist's credibility, NBC News' David Gregory hammered away at the independent Senate candidate's "evolving" positions on a host of issues Tuesday night.

Following Monday nights debate, momentum in Floridas race for governor appears to be slowly shifting to Rick Scott. Republican Scott jumped to a 2-point lead immediately prior to, and during, his red-hot CNN slugfest with Democrat Alex Sink.