A grim Gov. Chris Christie, R-NJ, came to Orlando on Saturday, focused on national security and terrorism as he continued his bid for the Republican presidential nod. 

Calling the national debt a “great threat” and jabbing a Florida Republican and former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., made his case for limited government in Orlando on Saturday as he continued his presidential bid. 

Insisting the “idea of America” was at stake in 2016, Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., made his case to Florida Republicans to be the next president of the United States.

Insisting he had “real experience," former Gov. Jim Gilmore, R-Va., took his underdog bid for the GOP presidential nomination to Orlando on Saturday, reminding Florida Republicans that he led the Old Dominion during 9/11.

Bits and pieces from the second day of the Republican Party of Florida’s (RPOF) Sunshine Summit in Orlando....

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., took his presidential bid to Florida on Saturday as he tried to turn around his campaign. 

A somber U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., now running for the U.S. Senate, called out “militant Islam” on Saturday morning as he spoke in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris.

Speaking at the Republican Party of Florida’s (RPOF) Sunshine Summit, DeSantis spent much of his speech focused on the war against terrorism. 

Tied with businessman Donald Trump at the top of the polls, Dr. Ben Carson made his pitch for the Republican presidential nomination in Orlando on Friday night, urging conservatives and Republicans to stand united.

Businessman Donald Trump sounded confident when he threw down the gauntlet at his presidential rivals left and right on Friday as he took the fight to the other Republican presidential hopefuls and the Democrats in the Sunshine State. 

Echoing U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the man he wants to replace, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera called 2016 a “generational election” and called for change in Washington as he made his case to win a U.S. Senate seat. 

Starting the speech with members of the crowd chanting “CLC,” an energetic Lopez-Cantera addressed the Republican Party of Florida’s (RPOF) Sunshine Summit in Orlando on Friday afternoon. 

“2016 is all about Florida,” Lopez-Cantera said, insisting the stakes would be high in the Sunshine State next November.