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While Florida’s U.S. Senate Democratic primary candidates, Rep. Alan Grayson and Rep. Patrick Murphy, seem to be garnering all of the media spotlight in what will eventually turn out to be a hotly contested general election, Republicans vying to replace outgoing Sen. Marco Rubio appear to be a forgotten bunch.

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) have introduced legislation to make the to make the murder of a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder an aggravating factor in favor of the death penalty. Current law already applies this penalty when the murder victim is a federal law enforcement officer or prosecutor. The legislation comes in the wake of a number high profile murders of police officers, including Pennsylvania State Trooper Corporal Bryon Dickson and Philadelphia Officer Robert Wilson, III.

Former Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is mulling over another state run for the U.S. Senate, but he says he will not make up his mind until after October but before the end of 2015.

The U.S. Senate race in Florida to replace outgoing Sen. Marco Rubio has turned out to be nothing like the one in 2010 that saw Rubio defeat then-Governor Charlie Crist.

With Florida’s August 2016 primary still more than a year away, it would be highly unlikely for any candidate to have the race sewn up already, but this poll does settle some questions about how the race would be affected if some of the potential candidates jumped in: former Attorney General Bill McCollum (R-FL) and Rep. Gwen Graham (D-FL).

A second matchup between Democrat Rep. Gwen Graham and former Congressman Steve Southerland (R) could be in the works, as Southerland is strongly considering another run for office in Florida’s 2nd congressional district.

That would be Charlie Crist, the former Florida Governor who used to be a Republican, then bailed on the party to run as an independent after Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) surged to a double-digit lead in the 2010 Senate primary. Crist’s name has become a shorthand insult whenever someone wishes to challenge a candidate’s conservative credentials, and when Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) jumped into the Florida Senate race on Monday, the Club for Growth had thrown the Crist name at him within a few hours.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is launching a sophisticated new data program called “Victory 365” to link 200 full-time field staffers with reams of voter statistics. The effort is modeled after President Obama’s successful use of analytics to help drive

Doug Truax, an underdog who campaigned on full repeal of Obamacare, narrowly lost the Republican Senate primary in Illinois Tuesday night. With 94 percent of the precincts reporting, state senator Jim Oberweis, a moderate who wants to keep “a few

In his analysis of Florida Republican David Jolly’s special election win over Democrat Alex Sink on Tuesday, Republican establishment strategist Karl Rove failed to fully acknowledge the importance of both mobilizing the Republican base for this fall’s midterm elections and opposing

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Chairman Steve Israel said he wants Alex Sink, the Democrat who lost a key special election House race on Tuesday, to run again against Republican David Jolly in the fall. Jolly won a district that President Barack Obama

Establishment Republicans have said that GOP candidates cannot win races in swing districts, especially against strong Democrats, by firmly opposing amnesty. In what could be a bellwether for November, Republican David Jolly won a special election House race in Florida’s

Fox News Channel left-leaning contributor Kirsten Powers spoke on Rep.-Elect David Jolly’s (R-FL) win in Florida’s 13th Congressional District over well-financed Democrat Alex Sink. She called the race a bellwether and insisted it was not only ObamaCare but also the

Speaker of The House John Boehner was very confidant the special election to fill the seat of late Republican Rep. Bill Young in Florida’s 13th Congressional District which was won by Republican David Jolly over well financed Democrat Alex Sink

On Wednesday’s “Morning Joe,” former Obama adviser David Axelrod reacted to Tuesday’s outcome in Florida’s 13th congressional district in which Rep.-Elect David Jolly (R-FL) defeated Democratic hopeful Alex Sink by a very narrow margin and what he thinks Democrats should

After Democrats tried to spin Republican David Jolly’s win in a House special election on Tuesday in their favor, Paul Begala, one of former President Bill Clinton’s top spinmeisters, told them to stop. Jolly, regarded as a weak candidate and

In the opening of Megyn Kelly’s Fox News Channel show on Tuesday night, Rep.-Elect David Jolly (R-FL) touted the merits of his Florida 13th congressional district win. He reacted to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s downplaying of the Democrats chances

The GOP brought in the highest profile libertarian Republican in the country to help push just-elected David Jolly over the finish line, but 27-year truck driver with virtually no funding was still able to take nearly 5 percent in the

On Tuesday, voters in Florida’s 13th District will select a replacement for the late GOP Rep. Bill Young, who represented the St. Petersburg-based district for decades. Democrats secured their top recruit, Alex Sink, former financial officer for the state, who

Sen. Rand Paul is helping Florida GOP candidate David Jolly thwart a Libertarian rival polling at four to seven percent, recording a robocall that touts Jolly as someone who wants to “ensure you, not the government, are making decisions for

CLEARWATER, Florida–They say all politics is local, but Alex Sink, the Democratic Party’s hope to pick up a Congressional seat in Florida’s special election next Tuesday, only recently moved into the district in which she is running. The Sink campaign

Democrats have been heavy favorites to capture the seat of the late Rep. Bill Young (R-FL) in a special election on March 11th. Their nominee, Alex Sink, lost a close race for Governor in 2010 and has both high name

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — The candidates are Alex Sink, Democrat, and David Jolly, Republican, but Obamacare is on the ballot in a big way in a competitive House race in Florida that offers a preview of the nationwide campaign for

The GOP establishment got its preferred candidate in a Florida special election when David Jolly defeated state Rep. Kathleen Peters in a Republican primary earlier this month. Jolly is a former staffer for deceased Rep. Bill Young who has been

The National Republican Congressional Committee already has its sights set on keeping the House seat once held by Florida GOP Rep. Bill Young. Young passed away at the age of 82 in October and was the longest tenured Republican in