With Sarah Palin in the state to help Republican candidates, Florida Democrats fired away on Saturday -- trying to link Sunshine states with the colorful former Alaska governor.
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With Jim Norman ineligible to run, votes counted for him on the Republican line will go to former Sen. Rob Wallace -- who, as the only candidate on the ballot, appears headed back to Tallahassee. Norman, who defeated Rep. Kevin Ambler in the primary, was ruled ineligible due to breaking campaign finance laws. Republican leaders in the district went with Wallace to replace Norman.
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Candidates for governor combined to spend more than $5 million in their respective bids last week as they saturated the airwaves and amped up efforts to finish strongly in a race set to end in less than two weeks, the state Division of Elections reported on Friday.
In the final throes of a long battle for a U.S. Senate seat, some are doubting Gov. Charlie Crist has any realistic chance of pulling out a win. But that isn't stopping the no-party candidate from projecting an air of confidence.
With Attorney General Bill McCollum announcing he will not appeal a decision to overturn the ban on same-sex couples adopting, which had been Florida law for more than 30 years, the leaders of the Florida Family Policy Council, an organization which defends traditional marriage, expressed their disappointment.
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Its been a busy Friday afternoon for Attorney General Bill McCollum. Besides endorsing Rick Scott for governor, two months after Scott beat him in the Republican primary, McCollum announced he would not appeal a panel of judges in Miami who struck down the states ban on same-sex couples adopting.
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On the same day the Sunshine State News Poll suggested a "McCollum Effect" could lead to Rick Scott's defeat in the Florida gubernatorial election, Attorney General Bill McCollum, finally, endorsed his fellow Republican.
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Congress had to schedule a two-legged, double-header, lame-duck session in November in part because the Pelosi/Reid-led Congress punted on their responsibility to enact so many legislative items.
Senate President Mike Haridopolos is talking with senators about the possibility of overriding some of Gov. Charlie Crists 18 vetoes from this year during the coming organizational session, raising the possibility of the first veto reversals in more than a decade.
CNN anchors Candy Crawley and John King give a preview of the Florida debates they will be moderating on Sunday and Monday, respectively.
Crawley will moderate the U.S. Senate debate between Republican Marco Rubio, Gov. Charlie Crist, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek at 9 a.m. Sunday. King hosts the gubernatorial debate between Republican Rick Scott and Democrat Alex Sink on Monday evening.
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