She had also been the target of intense criticism throughout the Democratic primary process over her decision to limit the number of debates and because of her support of the superdelegate system, both of which Sanders backers felt conveyed outright support for Hillary Clinton. He is aligned with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, who lost the Democratic presidential nomination to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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On the Democratic side, Congressman Patrick Murphy – a former Republican – has the party’s support over Alan Grayson, a fiery liberal known for brash comments and hamstrung by a hard divorce and a feud with party leaders. “Because the Democrat Party automatically assumes they own the black vote”.
“We have a choice”.
“Look how far we’ve come”, the first-time candidate said.
Despite all that, the Democratic establishment worked for Murphy over Grayson.
Grayson said he doesn’t believe Murphy is a true democrat. Darren Soto pulled it out ahead of Dena Grayson and Susannah Randolph. “She’s got a history of doing what she says despite what she had to go through”, Cobb said.
Murphy has criticized Rubio as caring more about his political ambitions then his constituents, while Republicans have criticized Murphy for embellishing his resume and lack of experience.
“Hundreds of volunteers knocking on doors and they’re not just knocking on doors and leaving literature, they are having conversations with people in this district”, Canova said. Yet, down the ballot, those same voters are on track to stick with incumbents against conservative, outsider challengers in every Senate GOP primary election this year.
On Tuesday, voters will decide if former DNC chairwoman Rep. “And the answer is, he has this sense of entitlement”.
Rubio had declared during his failed presidential campaign that he would not run again for the Senate.
Trump has also endorsed McCain and Rubio in their primary fights, depriving their primary opponents of critical political oxygen.
And his party’s presidential nominee, Donald Trump, has called McCain – a Navy veteran and prisoner of war in Vietnam – weak on veterans’ issues.
In one of the most closely observed congressional primaries in the nation, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has defeated her Democratic Party challenger, law professor Tim Canova, 57 percent to 43 percent, to win another two-year term in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District.
Canova, who teaches at Nova Southeastern University, accused Wasserman Schultz of taking large donations from the sugar industry to ignore Everglades’ pollution. “I want to give him the best birthday present ever: the gift of retirement”. Ayala beat out John Ashton for State Attorney, 9th Judicial Circuit for Orange and Osceola counties.
“I’m somewhat aware of the election returns and I know, well, it isn’t over til it’s over and, you know, I’ll start off right now by saying I’m not quite ready to concede anything yet”, he said.
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In Florida’s 18th congressional district, which is now held by Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Rep. Patrick Murphy, Brian Mast emerged in the crowded field to win the district’s Republican nomination and will face Democratic primary victor Randy Perkins.
