Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, running for the congressional seat that U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart is vacating has launched his first TV commercial. Not quite an introductory ad, Riveras team has crafted a solid and generally positive commercial linking education, the economy and family values. Conservatives will be heartened by Rivera saying that jobs are not created by Washington but by people outside it.
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U.S. Sen George LeMieux may only be in office for the rest of the year but he is showing no signs of slowing down -- leading to increased speculation that he might be back in 2012 to win election to the Senate in his own right.
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Incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, will have company on his tour of medical facilities across Florida. A key legislative ally will accompany him at some of the events, but he will also have to face nurse practitioners who will ask challenging questions about why they can't write controlled prescriptions.
While Democrats are continuing to defect to independent U.S. Senate candidate Gov. Charlie Crist, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is not one of them. Nelson said in an MSNBC interview Tuesday morning that he would back the Democratic nominee in the race, be it U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek or billionaire financier Jeff Greene
A day after writing to Hugo Chavez that he intended to continue the fight for the American government to list Venezuela as a state sponsor of terrorism, Republican U.S. Rep. Connie Mack of Florida did just that, sending a letter to President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
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Another Palm Beach County commissioner looks to be following in the footsteps of what has become a rogues gallery of public officials in the Palm Beaches. Commissioner Jeffrey Koons resigned Tuesday, shortly after he was booked and charged with extortion, perjury and violating public open meetings laws.
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Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the heavy favorite to win the Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate election, continued to focus on calling to reduce federal spending. On Tuesday, Rubio released a web video, calling for the elimination of congressional earmarks. The Rubio campaign promises to release four more videos in the series.
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The front-runner in the Republican race for attorney general is none of the three candidates in the contest, according to a Sunshine State News Poll released Wednesday. It is "Undecided."
Karen Harrington, running in the Republican primary to take on U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz won the backing of the Young Republican Network (YRNetwork) on Tuesday. The YRNetwork is a national organization of young activists who use the new media and technology to promote the GOP.
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Trailing behind Jeff Greene in some polls for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate election, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek launched a third TV ad -- this time focusing on his own story. In his first two ads, Meek attacked Greene.
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