The candidates in the running on the Democratic side are U.S. Reps.
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Wasserman Schultz resigned as chairwoman of the DNC after Wikileaks published a batch of embarrassing emails from inside the committee.
Republican US presidential candidate Senator Marco Rubio (left) speaks as rival Donald Trump listens during the Republican presidential candidates debate in Manchester, New Hampshire on February 6, 2016.
Beruff, a real estate developer, spent more than $8 million of his own money to pitch himself as an outsider like Trump ready to shake up Washington.
Rubio easily won his primary Tuesday, receiving 72 percent of the vote.
Associated Press and CQ-Roll Call contributed.
“I think the top of the ticket will significantly impact the Senate race, it most certainly will”, former Democratic Congressman Robert Wexler told Jewish Insider on Monday.
But Mr. Grayson’s claim as a liberal firebrand was tarnished by a major ethics complaint and domestic violence reports, while Mr. Murphy has largely weathered unflattering scrutiny of his resume to build a significant lead in recent polls.
Todd Martin, 53, and his 18-year-old daughter Haley, voted together in Tallahassee, where they recently moved as she starts college.
For some, they admire Murphy as a centrist Democrat. “They all know me”. “I promise I will serve a full six-year term for the people of Florida”. “It’s very important to me”.
Secretary of State Ken Detzner said there were slight delays in opening some polling places, but described no other glitches.
More than 1.75 million Floridians already cast ballots by mail or at early-voting stations before polls opened Tuesday.
Clinton maintains a small but consistent lead over the real estate mogul in Florida, which analysts say should keep Murphy within striking distance of the well-known and generally popular Rubio as Election Day approaches on November 8. But in the 19th district seat vacated by Clawson, Francis Rooney, former US ambassador to the Vatican and a major GOP fundraiser, won the party’s nomination over Chauncey Goss, son of former congressman and Central Intelligence Agency director Porter Goss; and Dan Bongino, an ex-Secret Service agent who twice failed in Maryland congressional bids.
Murphy is also not wasting time.
Her race against law professor Tim Canova gained national attention when Democratic presidential candidate Sen.
Democrats also hope to gain seats in Florida’s heavily Republican House delegation after court-mandated redistricting chipped away the advantages of some incumbents.
The incumbent politician faces Carlos Beruff in Tuesday’s Florida Primary Election.
Then, as GOP senators in Washington began to fret about their general election chances, the pressure mounted on Rubio to reverse course and make a late entry into the race. Like Ward, Beruff has embraced Trump and has accused Rubio of “tap dancing” around the presidential nominee and only offering him lukewarm support.
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After a primary marked by no debates among either the Democratic or Republican field, GOP U.S. Senate nominee Marco Rubio challenged Democratic opponent Patrick Murphy to take the debate stage six times between now and November.
