Brendan Farrington - Associated Press

For nearly a decade, Republicans have made inroads in Florida with candidates who have honed deeply conservative social and economic messages to build something of a coalition that includes rural voters and Latinos, particularly Cuban Americans.

Vertol Systems Company sent an employee to the state capital to pick up a hard copy of a $950,000 check for organizing the flights after the state didn’t receive paperwork for a direct deposit to the company’s account.