Four months ago, nearly six out of 10 Americans were already feeling exhausted by election coverage, according to the Pew Research Center

Voters were worn out long before Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump earned the nominations of their respective parties, and before stories of Russian email hacking and accusations of groping subsumed deeper topics, like the candidates' actual stands on issues such as the economy.

State Sen. Dwight Bullard, candidate for Senate District 40, had a November surprise of his own -- of the exceedingly pleasant variety.

Former governor Charlie Crist has found a surrogate to go to bat for him in the black community in an eleventh-hour effort to reach black voters in Florida’s 13th congressional district. On Thursday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will be hitting the airwaves in radio ads on Crist’s behalf.

In the final days of the presidential election, Florida, once again, dominates the national spotlight. Donald Trump needs to carry the Sunshine State to beat Hillary Clinton which is why the campaigns are dispatching the candidates and their top surrogates to Florida as the clock ticks down to election day. Polls show a close contest with, as of Friday morning, Republicans clinging to an early lead in early voting.