Rudy Giuliani has staked his campaign on a strong showing in Florida after largely ignoring other states that kicked off the party nominating process to determine candidates for the November U.S. presidential election.
But polls have shown Giuliani trailing both nationally and in this state with a large population of retired New Yorkers as rivals John McCain and Mitt Romney picked up momentum from wins in states that voted earlier this month.
Rudy suffered a major setback this week when popular Florida Governor, Charlie Crist, decided to endorse John McCain.
Voting is scheduled to wrap up at 7 p.m. EST in most of Florida and an hour later in the northwestern part of the state.
-Chris Jones
