Former Gov. Jeb Bush announced Tuesday that he won't run for the U.S. Senate in 2010 to replace the retiring Mel Martinez, saying that it was not the right time to return to elected office.
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.
With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election.
Florida Sen. Mel Martinez endorsed John McCain on Friday, a move likely to give the Republican presidential candidate a crucial boost with the state's Cuban-Americans just days before the primary.
President Bush isn't hiding his feelings when it comes to filling the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by the retiring Republican Mel Martinez: His top candidate, little brother, Jeb, the former two-term governor of Florida
Florida Senator Mel Martinez, a top potential target for Democrats in 2010, announced yesterday that he will not seek a second term.
The Florida Republican senator, who has struggled to boost his approval rating since taking office, will not seek a second term in 2010, a state Republican party official said Tuesday.
On a cold January morning in 2001, Mel Martinez, who was then the new secretary of housing and urban development, was headed to his office in his limo when he saw some homeless people huddled on the vents of the steam tunnels that heat federal buildings.
Florida Sen. Mel Martinez compared Sen. Barack Obama's economic policies to those of Communist Cuba's Saturday during an Orlando rally for Sen. John McCain, hosted by big name Florida Republicans.
Was this advanced karamic retribution for his appearance on "This Week?"
The Republican candidate's town hall meeting this afternoon was packed.
Republicans close to Senator Mel Martinzez said he was increasingly uncomfortable as the face of the party and that he didn't want to "get the blame" if the party loses the White House.
Yesterday, a plane carrying three U.S. senators and a member of the House was forced to take evasive maneuvers to avoid rocket-propelled grenades as they took off from Baghdad. "It was a scary moment," said Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL).
Florida Senator Mel Martinez blasts opponents to the "Amnesty" Immigration Bill that was recently defeated in the US Senate. Readers' comments following the Orlando Sentinel article give a clear view of the will of the people.
Right-wing wackos are weighing in on the immigration debate in the Senate, in ways that are scaring even conservative Republicans.
CREW files FEC complaint against Senator Martinez: "Basically, Mel Martinez broke the law in order to win an election."
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Grassroots grousing over the plan to install Senator Mel Martinez as Republican national chairman reflects the new reality facing President George W. Bush and his top political strategist, Karl Rove: The party faithful aren't as faithful any more.
It's just crossing the news wires now: The Republican National Committee has decided to name Florida Senator Mel Martinez to its top leadership post when current chair Ken Mehlman steps down.
A helicopter ride in the former Soviet Union last week almost became fatal when a surface-to-air missile was fired at U.S. senators McCain,Sens.