Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has talked to Mucarsel-Powell about running.
The push to nudge former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell to run against Sen. Rick Scott comes after Republicans dominated the 2022 midterms in Florida up and down the ballot. | Lynne Sladky/AP PhotoTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — There’s a growing chorus of Democratic-aligned groups calling for former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell to challenge Republican incumbent Sen.
This week, Latino Democrats, including those connected to groups such as BOLD PAC, the campaign arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, have become vocal with their support for Mucarsel-Powell. They see her as a compelling candidate in a state in which roughly a quarter of the population is Hispanic.
Janet Murguía, president of UnidosUS Action Fund, which is a group linked to one of the nation’s largest Latino civil rights groups, on Thursday sent a letter to Sen.“As a proven advocate for the Latino community and a fierce defender of the values we hold dear, Congresswoman Murcarsel-Powell’s leadership is exactly what Florida needs at this time,” Murguía wrote.
There are already Democrats in the race against Scott, most notably Navy veteran Phil Ehr. Ehr mounted an unsuccessful challenge in 2020 to knock off Rep.The argument for Mucarsel-Powell, who is currently a senior adviser for the gun control group Giffords, is that she was elected previously in a swing district in Miami-Dade County, a crucial battleground for Democrats, and knows how to raise money in a congressional race. She was born in Ecuador and immigrated to the U.S.
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