But he struggled as a political unknown looking to unseat an incumbent whose political brand remains strong among Florida Republican voters.
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But Libertarian Paul Stanton, who defeated Augustus Invictus in that party’s primary on Tuesday, will be one of five other candidates on the ballot in November offering a choice beside Rubio or Murphy.
Despite all that, the Democratic establishment worked for Murphy over Grayson. “You compare that to Sen”. “Patrick will be there every day to work for Floridians, unlike no-show Senator Marco Rubio who earned the worst attendance record of any Florida Senator in almost 50 years and just today couldn’t commit to serving a full 6-year term”.
“But I can guarantee you that not one of them starts with attacking a gold star family, with ridiculing the disabled, with banning entire religions or building a wall”. He’s not well known in the state, and the 33-year-old recently had to weather questions about his resume and whether he embellished it. With 89 percent of the precincts reporting, Gimenez had received 47 percent to Regalado’s 32 percent.
“(Rubio’s) work ethic and positive vision for Florida and America stand in stark contrast to Privileged Patrick Murphy, who has been exposed for repeating falsehood on falsehood about every aspect of his professional life prior to his career in politics”, said Wicker, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Gimenez far out-raised Regalado with a political war chest of $4.5 million, not including money from political action committees. “Now on to victory in November!”
And in a closely watched race, U.S. Rep.
The Associated Press declared that Wasserman Schultz won her Florida Democratic primary against law professor Tim Canova, a Bernie Sanders-backed challenger, with more than 57 percent of the vote.
Sanders and Wasserman Schultz clashed bitterly during the Democratic presidential primary, with Sanders accusing the DNC of favoring Hillary Clinton.
Rubio said he knows this is the beginning of the race now against a candidate he calls “handpicked” by President Barack Obama. Darren Soto beat back an attempt by Dena Grayson – wife of the incumbent – to fill her husband’s seat.
Hillary Clinton is wrapping a fundraising blitz in the Hamptons, where she has racked up millions during a three-day swing.
Democrats are hoping a high enough wave could carry Murphy into the Senate, but Florida and Arizona would be icing on the cake for Democrats. Democrats think Trump’s past incendiary comments about Hispanics and his hardline stance on immigration will turn off a key segment of Florida voters, and the spillover will harm Rubio. McCain held a 20-percentage-point lead in early returns when the AP projected his victory late Tuesday. The same tax break already exists for residential property owners.
In other races, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown lost a primary as she faces felony fraud charges.
After weeks of pressure, Rubio did just that, and is now expected to win Tuesday’s primary handily after all but one of the other candidates bowed out of the race.
Two months ago, Sen.
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Congresswomen Frederica Wilson and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen both won their races.
