Republican Marco Rubio, garnering surprising strength among independent voters, holds a double-digit lead over his two chief rivals in Florida's U.S. Senate race, a new Sunshine State News Poll reports.

A report found a string of failures by "multiple companies" led to the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster, and BP is taking the blame for the blowout that spewed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink won the endorsement of a renewable-energy group Tuesday, for which she was promptly thrashed by Republican opponent Rick Scott.

Branding Islam a "violent and oppressive religion" a Gainesville pastor said his church will mark Sept. 11 by burning Qurans.

Now that he's mending fences with Florida's Republican establishment, gubernatorial nominee Rick Scott faces a full frontal assault from Democrats.

With Florida's 11.6 percent unemployment rate among the highest in the nation, gubernatorial candidates Alex Sink and Rick Scott are under pressure to deliver what the Obama administration hasn't: private-sector jobs.

It's not another BP disaster, but an explosion and fire on an offshore drilling platform spread a mile-long sheen of oil in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday afternoon.

Saying Floridians are ready to elect a conservative outsider," Rep. Jennifer Carroll completed the Republican gubernatorial ticket today.

If U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek expects to win Florida's U.S. Senate race, his road to victory will run through some pretty rough neighborhoods.

Bud Chiles is taking a hike from the Florida governor's race, but that doesn't mean the field is cleared for Democrat Alex Sink.