MIAMI Miami's surfboard-salesman-turned-politician is launching his second bid for higher office, only this time he's aiming higher. City Commissioner Ken Russell announced Thursday that he plans to challenge U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio in 2022, a surprise declaration from a Democrat with a relatively short record in partisan politics. His political career began with a long-shot 2015 campaign that .
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“I know what it takes to defeat a powerful incumbent because I’ve done it, she says.
Rep. Stephanie Murphy, 42, has been elected three times to one of Florida’s most-competitive congressional districts in Orlando, and first won the seat by knocking out 12-term incumbent GOP Rep. John Mica when few thought she could. | AP Photo/John Raoux
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Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy is seriously considering a bid to unseat Sen. Marco Rubio’s 2022
reelection, announcing Wednesday that she’s launching a statewide listening tour and has hired a top Democratic operative to manage the effort.
Murphy, 42, has been elected three times to one of Florida’s most competitive congressional districts in Orlando, and first won the seat by knocking out 12-term incumbent GOP Rep. John Mica when few thought she could. It was a giant-killer act that Democrats hope she can repeat if she takes on Rubio, widely seen as a hard-to-beat incumbent.
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