Democrats hope to flip the Florida Senate seat blue, with a recent poll showing the GOP incumbent's favorability underwater.
Former Representative Debbie Mucarsel-Powell won her Democratic Senate primary in Florida on Tuesday and is officially set to fight an uphill battle against incumbent Republican Senator Rick Scott in Florida.Florida has shifted from being widely seen as a swing state to becoming solidly red in recent elections. Governor Ron DeSantis, the state's Republican leader, handily won reelection in the 2022 midterms by a nearly 20-point margin.
'Another August poll by McLaughlin & Associates showed Scott leading his Democratic rival by double digits. The senator had the backing of 52 percent of respondents, with Mucarsel-Powell at 42 percent. The survey included 800 likely voters.In late July, the University of North Florida conducted a survey showing Mucarsel-Powell down by 4 points. The Democrat was at 43 percent compared to the Republican's 47 percent. The overall margin of sampling error was plus or minus 4.
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