Conservative leader Dan Bongino announced he would not run for the U.S. Senate and threw his support to another Republican who is hoping to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. 

Bongino had mulled over the possibility of entering the Senate last year. A former New York City cop and Secret Service agent, Bongino was the Republican candidate who challenged U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., in 2012. Cardin routed Bongino, taking 55 percent while the Republican won only 27 percent of the vote and independent Rob Sobhani carried 17 percent.

Businessman Donald Trump does better against former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton in Florida than his main rivals for the Republican presidential nomination while former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg doesn’t look like a factor in the Sunshine State if he makes a third party presidential bid, a new poll shows. 

Businessman Donald Trump holds a commanding lead over U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and the field in the Sunshine State, a new poll shows. 

Does Donald Trump's big win in the Nevada caucuses mean he's the inevitable Republican nominee? He has made himself the favorite and could sew up the nomination with the first winner-take-all primaries March 15. But it's not inevitable that he will become the nominee. The question is how others can prevent it.