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State Chapters => Florida => Topic started by: Hoodat on December 20, 2021, 11:13:31 pm
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Stephanie Murphy Says She Won’t Seek Reelection In 2022
Andrew Trunsky | 20 Dec 2021
Florida Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy said Monday that she would not seek reelection in 2022.
Her coming retirement, first reported by Politico, is a blow to Democrats’ moderate wing; Murphy flipped an Orlando-based GOP seat in 2016 and rose to lead the centrist Blue Dog Coalition.
“It’s been a real honor for me to serve in Congress, but it does come at a personal sacrifice,” Murphy told Politico. “My time away has been hard on my family and my kids and on me.”
The third-term congresswoman, a member of the Jan. 6 Select Committee who was rumored to potentially challenge Republican Sen. Marco Rubio in 2022, did not rule out a run for future office. . . .
https://www.tampafp.com/stephanie-murphy-says-she-wont-seek-reelection-in-2022/
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"It's come at a personal sacrifice" but she "did not rule out a run for future office".
I call bull. She sees the writing on the wall and wants to abandon a sinking ship.
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The legislature is probably going to make her marginal district less blue, or stretch it northeast and flip it red. Two safe blue districts will be centered around Orlando.