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Eugene

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Wed Oct 18, 2023, 06:13 PM Oct 2023

Florida Democrat Mucarsel-Powell gets clearer path to challenge US Sen. Rick Scott in 2024

Source: Associated Press

Florida Democrat Mucarsel-Powell gets clearer path to challenge US Sen. Rick Scott in 2024

Updated 2:44 PM EDT, October 18, 2023

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell’s path to the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida became clearer Wednesday when her main primary opponent dropped out of the race to seek a U.S. House seat.

Phil Ehr, a retired Navy commander who left the Republican Party in 2017, appeared with Mucarsel-Powell in Miami to announce he will drop out of the Senate primary and instead challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, a move embraced by the state Democratic Party.

Mucarsel-Powell served one term in Congress before losing to Gimenez in 2020.

So far, the Senate race has been overshadowed by the attention focused on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign for president, similar to 2022, when Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings failed bid to unseat Republican Sen. Marco Rubio took a backseat to DeSantis’ reelection.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/florida-us-house-politics-2024-election-c758dc087822a15085784a665cae2adb

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Florida Democrat Mucarsel-Powell gets clearer path to challenge US Sen. Rick Scott in 2024 (Original Post) Eugene Oct 2023 OP
Does she have a shot? flamingdem Oct 2023 #1
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