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district care primary. that, to a cnn projecting, charlie quest will win the floor democratic primary, and take on ron desantis that will happen in november. val demings, winning florida s democratic senate primary. so, there is a lot to discuss. cnn s phil mattingly, at the magic wall, with more but, that s just a moment. standby, phil. as primary results roll in, all across the country, and with the midterms looming, here is the thing. democracy is on the ballot. there are election deniers running, and winning, in key races across the country. we are still reckoning with the cancer of january 6th. one of the greatest threats to this country in our history. so, do americans vote like democracy depends on it? economy? inflation? putting food on the table? yes in the tank? keeping a roof over your head? that all matters to voters. of course it does. culture wars matter a lot to people, to. the book banning, the outrage over critical race theory, even the shortage of teac ....
rights. on his republican opponent focused on inflation and crime. in florida former republican governor turned democratic congressman charlie crist will challenge republican governor and potential presidential candidate ron desantis for the governor s mansion. chris will be here to talk about his uphill battle. the senate candidate in florida is congresswoman and former orlando police chief val demings winning the nomination to challenge marco rubio. and in new york s bitter feud between two powerful democrats for one manhattan seat because of redistricting, jerry nadler defeated caroline maloney. also on the political front, president biden is back from vacation today and will be announcing an extension on student loan forgiveness, a decision unlikely to please partisans on both sides. and a somber independence day in ukraine as the country also marks six months today since russia invaded with boris johnson showing up in kyiv and president so lent skit addressing the ....
This will turn up soon. david, you said it s a purple state, but a red tint. demings won her primary, and she will take us with marco rubio, and as you said, it s pretty red. disavow denning s give marco rubio a run for his money? listen, she has outraised money, and outspent him, 2 to 1, cash on hand, as of the beginning of august. you have to look at the overall political environment, here. val demings, who is running a sheriff demings, which is her job. she s running a local race. very local. she is trying to make sure that the national political dynamic does not define this race in florida, which is a tall order in the senate race, in a big battleground state like florida. here is the thing. democrats, we see this and cycle, after cycle. they find candidates that they just pour tons of money to, even though it is not actually a top tier race that will determine control of the united states. that may be happening here with ....
Figure out is are we in a moment of such a cultural inflection point coming out of the dobbs decision and the injection that donald trump and the january 6th story that captivates the american conversation, are we in such a national environment that democrats could actually defy history. that s certainly what florida democrats are hoping for this morning. i think they wake up knowing what they knew yesterday. they have two strong candidates in crist and val demings statewide, but they start the general election cycle a few points behind. simply based on the state of florida. you have two strong candidates, high name i.d., national profiles that if they can get some national trends going the way of democrats in november, they could give ron desantis and marco rubio a run for their money. we should also point out that you had that awful feud in manhattan so you have jerry ....