Connie Mack News

On Monday, State Senator Lizbeth Benacquisto announced Congressmen Mario Diaz-Balart and Tom Rooney are backing her bid.

Corey Perrine/Staff A worker sets up a voting booth in an early voting election in 2012 at the Collier County Public Library - Headquarters Branch in Naples.

Those are the types, so the mantra goes, who win primaries and then lose elections that could otherwise be won.

"The people of Southwest Florida deserve someone in Washington who's not going to be a just go along, get along, whether it's Republican or Democrat, but someone who is going to stand up for our values," Mack said.

DAVID ALBERS/STAFF - Former state Rep. Paige Kreegel, candidate Michael Dreikorn, candidate Curt Clawson and State Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto, left to right, participate in a public forum for candidates of special election for the recently vacated District 19 congressional seat at the Caloosa Waterfront Pier on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Fort Myers.

Rejoicea .primary season is officially here! Texas is holding the first elections of 2014 tonight, with most polls in the Lone Star State closing at 8 p.m. ET and in the El Paso area at 9 p.m. ET.

Corey Perrine/Staff Connie Mack IV, left, and Trey Radel joke with one another while supporting each other's platform Monday, July 16, 2012 at Muni Designs in Fort Myers, Fla.

Georgia's version of the "Turn Away the Gays" laws that right-wing legislators are attempting to pass in multiple states would allow businesses to flout nondiscrimination laws.

The leaders of the Big Government Republican establishment are beginning to get desperate.