With 2016 around the corner, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) will be hosting the Sunshine Summit in Orlando from Nov. 12-Nov. 14 and the stakes will be high. The presidential hopefuls will take most of the spotlight but there’s another important race already taking shape as Rubio has said he will not run for a second Senate term. Florida Republicans Ron DeSantis, David Jolly, Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Todd Wilcox are already off and running and they will be at the Sunshine Summit trying to win support for their Senate bids.

This week a South Florida Republican congressman teamed up with a presidential hopeful as they urged the federal government to recognize the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. 

On Tuesday, the U.S. House passed without opposition a measure condemning the rising tide of anti-Semitism in Europe and urging the federal government to work with other countries and Jewish groups to fight against it. 

Two members of the Florida delegation--Republican U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Democrat U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch--were original co-sponsors of U.S. Rep. Chris Smith’s, R-NJ, resolution. Smith and the two Florida representatives are co-chairs of the Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Anti-Semitism.

With 2016 around the corner, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) will be hosting the Sunshine Summit in Orlando from Nov. 12-Nov. 14 and the stakes will be high. The presidential hopefuls will take most of the spotlight but there’s another important race already taking shape as Rubio has said he will not run for a second Senate term. Florida Republicans Ron DeSantis, David Jolly, Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Todd Wilcox are already off and running and they will be at the Sunshine Summit trying to win support for their Senate bids.

On Monday, the U.S.  unanimously passed a resolution from two congressional representatives from Florida condemning the Palestinian Authority (PA) for inciting violence against Israel as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East. 

With the presidential race in full swing, a new poll shows few Florida voters are paying much attention to the race to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016. Currently running for the Republican presidential nomination, Rubio has said he will not run a second term in the Senate. 

With 2016 around the corner, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) will be hosting the Sunshine Summit in Orlando from Nov. 12-Nov. 14 and the stakes will be high. The presidential hopefuls will take most of the spotlight but there’s another important race already taking shape as Rubio has said he will not run for a second Senate term. Florida Republicans Ron DeSantis, David Jolly, Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Todd Wilcox are already off and running and they will be at the Sunshine Summit trying to win support for their Senate bids.

Hours after he announced that he would not seek a fourth term in Congress, U.S. Rep. Rich Nugent, R-Fla., threw his support behind his former chief of staff Justin Grabelle to replace him. 

U.S. Rep. Rich Nugent, R-Fla., announced on Monday that he would not seek a fourth term in Congress. 

Harvard professor Lawrence “Larry” Lessig ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Monday. In his brief presidential bid, Lessig focused on campaign finance reform. 

Lessig started exploring a presidential bid back in August, promising to get in the race if he could raise $1 million by Labor Day. While he met that threshold and entered the race, Lessig was not invited to take part in the first Democratic presidential debate.