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Republican Gov. Charlie Crist probably wasn't worried that literally embracing President Barack Obama back in February and strongly supporting the $787 billion federal stimulus package would hurt his U.S. Senate campaign.
Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio was recently frustrated trying to get a cell phone signal on a rural stretch of Interstate 10, so he tweeted it.
Gov. Charlie Crist is giving Florida a preview of what he'd be like as a senator by picking his former chief of staff to fill the remainder of Republican Sen. Mel Martinez' first term.
Could it be divine intervention that's kept Florida safe from hurricanes since Gov. Charlie Crist took office?
When custom homebuilder Bob Liddell started seeing the decline in the housing market more than three years ago, he decided to supplement his business with home remodeling. But he ran into a different problem — competing with unlicensed contractors.
Gary Revell gets up every morning before sunrise, heads into the woods and grunts. Not because it's so early. It's the term for coaxing worms from the ground by the hundreds to be scooped up and plopped in a tin can until he can sell them for fishing bait.
A grand jury has charged former Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom with perjury in an indictment related to $6 million Sansom steered to Northwest Florida State College for an aircraft hangar.
Popular GOP Gov. Charlie Crist is passing on an easy re-election bid and instead will run for U.S. Senate, a decision that excites Washington Republicans who desperately want to avoid further losses in 2010.
Florida's former Republican House Speaker Marco Rubio will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz hated relying too much on her staff, but she needed them to keep up appearances during her undercover battle against cancer.
Florida emergency manager Craig Fugate would bring a lot with him if he takes over the Federal Emergency Management Agency: plenty of hurricane experience, a blunt style, and a belief that preparation begins on the local level.
Nearly 100 men who spent time at two Florida reform schools a half century ago are suing the state claiming they were raped and severely beaten by state employees.
It's likely Jeb Bush could have tapped his reputation as governor and an extensive fundraising network to keep a key U.S. Senate seat — and possibly a filibuster-proof majority — out of Democratic hands in 2010.
Thursday's championship football game between No. 2 Florida and No. 1 Oklahoma is obviously a big game, but big enough to shut down Congress? Rep. Cliff Stearns hopes so.
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said Thursday he has asked the federal government to prosecute the Seminole Indian tribe over its blackjack operations.
Gov. Charlie Crist became the first sitting Florida governor to wed in nearly 42 years, exchanging vows Friday at a ceremony attended by some 200 relatives, friends and celebrities.
Still popular in Florida, former Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday that he's interested in the seat Sen. Mel Martinez is giving up, and the field of possible candidates could quickly narrow to make way for the president's younger brother.
U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, who has struggled to boost public support because of his close ties to President George W. Bush, announced Tuesday he will not seek a second term in 2010, saying he wants to spend more time with his family.
Sarah Palin called on fellow Republican governors to keep the new president and his strengthened Democratic majority in check on issues from taxes to health care as she signaled she'll take a leadership role in a party searching for a new standard-bearer.
Republican governors, down and out after the party's devastating Election Day losses, said Wednesday that the future of the GOP rests with their ranks and not Washington politicians.
Barack Obama's win in Florida was a devastating hit for John McCain in the nation's largest presidential swing state, and a savory victory for Democrats still bitter about the disputed 2000 election.
Mike McCarthy walked into a small white building on the grounds of the Arthur G. Dozier School for the first time in 40 years and the memories of horrific beatings came flooding back.
Democrat Barack Obama poured millions of dollars into Florida over the summer but couldn't close in on John McCain's comfortable lead. The Republican didn't flinch, confident the state was trending toward the GOP eight years after it gave George W. Bush the White House.
Former President Clinton set aside his cool relationship with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday to condemn Republican economic policies as well as endorse his wife's ex-rival.
Did Barack Obama really call Sarah Palin a pig, as a John McCain ad leads people to believe? "No," McCain said Monday. The Republican presidential nominee defended the ad anyway, saying Obama "chooses his words very carefully."
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