But both now face well-financed Democratic opponents who are determined to yoke them to their party’s unpopular standard-bearer.
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Clinton, who won this district by 40 points during the Democratic primary, made an appearance with Wasserman Schultz in August in an effort to boost her reelection.
Meanwhile, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Tuesday was victorious in the primary for her Miami-area congressional seat, easily winning over businessman Tim Canova.
Incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio won the Republican primary in Florida on Tuesday.
Murphy appeared confident in the final weeks of the election, virtually ignoring Grayson and focusing instead on Rubio.
“Patrick Murphy is nothing more than an old fashioned liberal and his ideas that he stands for are wrong for Florida”.
Arizona Senator John McCain has previously criticized Trump for his stance on waterboarding, while Trump has questioned McCain’s military record. “He told us he doesn’t like the job and just yesterday he told us he said he won’t commit to a six-year term”, Murphy said.
In March, Trump ended Rubio’s presidential bid by trouncing him in the Florida primary to cap a race in which the NY businessman taunted the first-term senator as “little Marco”, and Rubio insulted Trump on everything from his hair colour and the size of his hands to misspelled words in tweets.
Beruff tried to use Rubio’s political ambition against him, frequently playing up Rubio’s missed votes while campaigning for president and his refusal to say whether he would run again for the White House in four years. After he announced he’d seek a second Senate term, those numbers dipped to 46 percent approval and 43 percent disapproval.
Looking to face the victor of the Republican nomination in the November election are five Democrats, including Reps.
Grayson faced an uphill battle after Democratic Party officials, including President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, backed Murphy early in the race. Grayson, a fiery liberal who often makes headlines with brash statements, was seen as too inflammatory to win over a state that tends to support moderate candidates.
Republicans now hold a 54-46 seat majority in the Senate.
Even before Tuesday’s results, Rubio was already looking past Beruff and shifting his campaign to a general election contest. But the presidential race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton figures to cast a large shadow on the Senate race. But Republicans bank on Rubio proving still popular with state voters, and expect his conservative credentials to carry him in November.
Rubio took the stage and pointed out sharp differences between him and his opponent.
“Over the past year, I have met and listened to so many hardworking families from across our state”. Several races will essentially be decided in the primary and Florida will eventually send at least seven new House members to Washington. That’s a doable feat considering Democrats are contesting in 10 GOP-held seats, while Republicans are challenging in one (Nevada).
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U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy snagged the Democratic nomination Tuesday night in the race for incumbent U.S. Sen.
