With one eye on a leadership contest in the Florida Senate down the road and another on races with national implications, state Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, appears headed to victory in November despite some changes to his district.
With Memorial Day weekend behind them, two of the Republicans hoping to challenge U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson added to their teams, unveiling major endorsements.
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, who is the poll leader among Republicans in the race, named eight campaign chairmen on Tuesday, including some of the most prominent GOP leaders in the Sunshine State.
Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Brandon, announced late last week that she will not run for reelection in November -- setting off a mad dash among prominent Republicans jumping into the race after the unexpected news.
With Storms choosing to offer a primary challenge to Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Rob Turner, two prominent Republicans moved quickly to enter the race, while a third is expected to make an announcement later in the week.
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While Florida has almost five centuries of recorded history, the Sunshine State is still fairly new to the United States. More of its history was under the Spanish flag than the stars and stripes. Nonetheless, there are a number of sites across the state that entertain and instruct -- as well as honor our fallen soldiers and sailors.
In the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin shooting, a poll from Quinnipiac University unveiled on Thursday finds that Floridians remain behind the Stand Your Ground law that has received new attention following the incident.
While he may have passed on jumping into the Republican primary to challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida CFO Jeff Atwater raised his profile last week with a series of national media appearances.
Atwater appeared Wednesday on Fox Business where he was asked about the state of Floridas housing market. The state CFO insisted that things are better and pointed to the lowering of taxes -- namely corporate and property taxes -- in the state.
A poll from NBC News and Marist College of Florida voters released on Thursday shows, in contrast to surveys from Quinnipiac University unveiled this week, President Barack Obama and Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson are slightly ahead of their Republican challengers in the Sunshine State.
While a poll from Quinnipiac showed presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney leading in Florida, the NBC News/Marist poll has Obama taking 48 percent while Romney follows with 44percent.
Gov. Rick Scott is gaining ground with Florida voters, according to a poll released Thursday by Quinnipiac University.
While Scott is still upside down with voters, the poll shows more than 40 percent approving of his performance in Tallahassee. The poll shows 41 percent of those surveyed approving of Scott while 46 percent disapprove of him. A Quinnipiac poll taken at the end of March found a majority, 52 percent, disapproved of Scott, while only 38 percent approved of his tenure as governor.
A poll byQuinnipiac University released Thursday morning shows that U.S. Rep. Connie Mack holds a commanding lead in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate and holds a slight edge over Democrat incumbent Bill Nelson in a possible general election match-up.
"Although some activists have been critical of Congressman Connie Mack and his campaign, he retains an overwhelming lead in the race for the Republican Senate nomination and is tied with Senator Bill Nelson," said Peter Brown, the assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, on Thursday.
As the recent presidential primaries showed, Republicans disagree on a host of issues. Supporters of Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul see the world very differently from one another.
