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State Chapters => Florida => Topic started by: libertybele on May 18, 2021, 08:30:52 pm
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I say Rubio is done. There is no way he's going to win against a black DEM. Not a chance.
Florida's Demings planning 2022 run against Rubio rather than DeSantis, sources say
Democratic Rep. Val Demings of Florida is planning to launch a 2022 Senate campaign to challenge two-term Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, two sources familiar with the congresswoman's plans confirmed to Fox News on Tuesday.
Demings' run would give the Democrats a nationally known and high-profile candidate in the race against Rubio, who was first elected to the Senate in the 2010 Tea Party wave. Rubio, who grabbed plenty of national attention during his 2016 GOP presidential run, has already filled his campaign coffers ahead of his 2022 reelection bid.
Demings, who is Black, spent nearly three decades in law enforcement, rising through the ranks to become the Orlando Police Department's first female police chief. Last year she was seriously considered as now-President Biden's running mate.............
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-demings-2022-senate-run-against-rubio