Former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell announced Tuesday that she’s taking on the incumbent Republican in what’s considered an uphill climb for Democrats.
Michael Brochstein / Sipa USA via AP fileFormer Democratic Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell announced Tuesday she will challenge Republican Sen. Rick Scott, a former two-term Florida governor viewed as the favorite in 2024.
, who was also rumored to be considering a run against Scott, said in an interview Monday that she will remain in the Legislature.conducted a poll on her behalf “Rick Scott is trying to raise taxes on our families. He wrote a plan to end Social Security and Medicare Advantage coverage for our seniors,” Mucarsel-Powell said in the interview., during the 2022 midterms as he chaired the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee.
,” Scott said at the time, adding that President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., “all lied about it. I was never going to cut any programs.”around a candidate this cycle, reflecting the uphill climb in defeating Scott, who has never lost a statewide race. Scott is also one of the wealthiest members of Congress, with the ability to self-finance his campaign, although he has said he will not need to do so in this election.
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