On Tuesday, former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, who moved to Florida after his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, endorsed U.S. Rep. Steve Southerlands, R-FL, bid for a second term. Huckabee and his leadership group--Huck PAC--will be behind the congressman against whoever emerges in a competitive Democratic primary.
Huckabee praised Southerlands conservative credentials and record in Washington and in the private sector.
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Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux on Wednesday ended his bid for the Republican nomination for Senate, throwing his support behind U.S. Rep. Connie Mack in what he called "the election of our lifetime."
On Wednesday, former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux said that he was ending his bid for the Republican nomination to challenge Democrat U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in November--and threw his support behind U.S. Rep. Connie Mack.
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LeMieux released a video on Wednesday in which he backed Mack after noting that the GOP leadership was behind his opponent and that the congressman was not debating him.
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A poll released by Quinnipiac University on Wednesday finds that while voters in Florida have a low opinion of Gov. Rick Scott, they do support his effort to stop illegal aliens from voting.
Scott is upside down in the poll with 49 percent of those survey disapproving of the governor while 39 percent approve of his tenure in Tallahassee. A solid majority of 60 percent support Scotts effort to stop noncitizens from voting, purging them from the rolls.
Some of Florida's East Coast residents may have been able to catch the nations latest secret something as it headed on its way into orbit.
An Atlas 5 rocket, with a classified National Reconnaissance Office payload, launched successfully from Cape Canaveral just before 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Few details of the launch were provided and tracking halted shortly after the first stage of the flight was completed, about five minutes after the 19-story rocket lifted off from the Complex 41 pad.
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Frustrated but not surprised about a lack of progress on property insurance issues during an election year, a pair of key legislators on Tuesday began preparing for another push once the dust settles in November.
More than three months after lawmakers failed to make meaningful changes to the state's property insurance landscape, Rep. Bryan Nelson, R-Apopka, and Sen. Garrett Richter, R-Naples, released a three-part position paper they say highlights the hidden risks all insurance policyholders face in the event of a devastating storm.
WASHINGTON -- By now most sentient Americans have heard about the war on women. That is, the so-called Republican war on women, which has been framed as a battle waged by stodgy old white guys who want to deny women reproductive freedom.
Gov. Rick Scott, expressing concerns about increasing tuition rates at Floridas universities, presented a list of goals for Florida State University System Board of Governors:
-- Be No. 1 in university and college affordability.
-- Be No. 1 for graduates finding jobs in their fields of study.
-- Be No. 1 in the percentage of students receiving STEM degrees.
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Florida officials continue to fend off a mounting number of attempts to halt work clearing non-U.S. citizens from the voter rolls.
On Tuesday, a coalition of civil rights groups -- groups that adamantly claim to be nonpartisan -- filed a lawsuit charging Florida with race discrimination for how it has gone about trying to find people ineligible from voting on the county registration lists.
Secretary of State spokesman Chris Cate responded that race and party are not being considered.
