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There are just a couple of hours left until the polls close, and all eyes are on Florida. GOP candidates for president dumped more than 20 million dollars here over just the past 10 days. As Whitney Ray tells us, Mitt Romney spent the most and secured dozens of endorsements from high profile Florida leaders… but no one could win over Governor Rick Scott.

Governor Rick Scott teased the media Tuesday morning, inviting reporters to watch him vote, then refusing to say who he picked.

“It’s a secret ballot, fortunately. He had less than 10 letters in the last name,” said Scott.

Scott stood on the sidelines through the entire Florida primary, but members of the state cabinet jumped in the early. All three endorsed Mitt Romney.

“Romney has an extraordinary business background that I think best positions him to lead us out of this economic crisis,” said Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam.

“I firmly believe he is the candidate who can beat Barack Obama,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Romney and the secret political action committee that supports him dumped 16 million dollars in Florida, turning a deficient in the polls into a huge lead. Newt Gingrich spent four million after winning South Carolina.

Rick Santorum and Ron Paul spent little money here. Before voting began Tuesday morning, polls show them in a virtual tie for third place, with about 11 percent a piece.

College students are rallying behind Paul. They say the party wants Romney, but they won’t get him without a fight.

“That’s what the establishment wants us to believe, that we only have two choices, and really they are trying to push Romney, so I don’t think that is the case, but I think that is what they want us to believe,” said Kayla Westbrook, the president of FSU College Republicans.

While Florida is often a kingmaker in national politics and it’s a winner take all primary, all four candidates are expected to keep campaigning regardless of who wins Tuesday’s vote. Romney is expected to get a boost from absentee ballots that were cast before Gingrich surged in South Carolina. 392-thousand registered Republicans voted absentee. In total more than 650-thousand voted early.