Most Florida Republicans remain undecided on who they want to see replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., come 2016, a new poll shows. Rubio is running for the Republican presidential nomination and has said he will not seek a second Senate term.
Businessman Donald Trump has been surging in polls at the state and national levels and a new one shows him leading in Florida, the home turf of Republican primary rivals former Gov. Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
Presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is leading an effort to crack down on Medicare fraud by inserting computer chips on Medicare cards.
Rubio teamed up with frequent legislative partner U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., to unveil the “Medicare Common Access Card Act of 2015” on Tuesday. The bill would insert chips in Medicare cards, much like what is currently used by U.S. Department of Defense personnel.
Former U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., said on Tuesday that he would not seek a rematch with U.S. Gwen Graham, D-Fla., in 2016.
Despite insisting earlier this year that he would not run again in 2016, Southerland opened the door to another run last week as Graham is expected to be impacted in redistricting. But, on Tuesday, Southerland said he would not run again.
On Tuesday, Florida state CFO Jeff Atwater named Sha’Ron James as insurance consumer advocate.
James replaces Steve Burgess who retired from the post. When making the announcement on Tuesday, Atwater’s office noted, “The role of Florida’s insurance consumer advocate is to independently and ardently represent the needs of policyholders when insurance decisions are made.”
U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., hasn’t officially entered the race yet to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., but a conservative Republican isn’t waiting for him.
Retired Navy Capt. Brian Frazier, who served 25 years on active duty, has launched a bid for the Republican nomination to replace Miller. Calling the Panhandle home since the late 1970s and now based in Gulf Breeze, Frazier was in naval aviation and served in Afghanistan, Croatia, Iraq and other hot spots around the globe.
Conservatives are, once again, trying to wrest the gavel from Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and members of the Florida delegation could play a major role in this latest coup attempt.
The Florida Legislature will hold a special session at the end of October and the start of November to redraw the state Senate districts, the leaders of both chambers announced Tuesday.
Already returning to Tallahassee for a special session to redo the congressional districts after the Florida Supreme Court ruled eight of them failed to pass constitutional muster, the special session on Senate districts will take place from Oct. 19 through Nov 6.
With a new poll showing around half of Florida Republicans remain undecided on who they want to see replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the Senate in 2016, a new contender could be in the mix: U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla. Supporters close to Yoho told Sunshine State News on Tuesday that the North Florida congressman is looking at entering the race but is far from making a final decision on it.
Dr. Dena Minning is running for the congressional seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., with whom she has been romantically linked. Minning had been rumored to launch a congressional bid for weeks now, even as liberal activist Susannah Randolph, a former Grayson staffer, entered the race. Grayson is running for the Democratic nomination to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016.
