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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:05 AM Mar 2015

Florida Rep. Patrick Murphy To Announce Bid For Rubio's Seat

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida Rep. Patrick Murphy will announce his campaign Monday to seek the Senate seat expected to be left vacant by Marco Rubio's likely presidential bid.

The second-term Democrat — who won national exposure and the affection of many in his own party when he unseated firebrand tea party Rep. Allen West in 2012 — confirmed his candidacy to The Associated Press, making him the first to formalize a bid for the seat.

Murphy, 31, will run regardless of Rubio's decision, and though he could face tough competition, he focused his initial attention squarely on the first-term senator.

"For years, Sen. Rubio has put the needs of Floridians behind his presidential ambitions," Murphy said in a statement. "We need a leader in the Senate whose eyes are firmly fixed on the people of Florida by working together to get things done." Murphy immediately becomes a formidable candidate whomever his eventual opponent.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/patrick-murphy-florida-rep-marco-rubio

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TheNutcracker

(2,104 posts)
3. Really? I learned about Patrick Murphy here on DU. Not so sure and waiting for a different candidate
Mon Mar 23, 2015, 12:14 PM
Mar 2015
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026063409

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026350532

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026059189

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141025280


Check him out yourself, and ask if this is what U.S. citizens need in the Senate? I'm holding out for someone else. Thanks DU!
 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
2. Got an email today from him
Mon Mar 23, 2015, 12:13 PM
Mar 2015

announcing his candidacy. No idea who he was. I don't live in his district. How did he get my name?

Anyway, Mickey Mouse would be better than Rubio.

brooklynite

(93,873 posts)
5. Personally, I'm putting my money on Paiboon Sunthonchart Jr....."anti-sorcery activist"
Mon Mar 23, 2015, 03:11 PM
Mar 2015

Candidates need to focus on the issues voters care about.

http://www.facebook.com/paiboon.sunthonchart

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,085 posts)
8. Meh. He'll be an improvement over Rubio, at least.
Mon Mar 23, 2015, 04:04 PM
Mar 2015

Beyond that, he's pretty much a centrist so don't get too excited. I think we can do better. Although what we have now is certainly way worse.

He will always have my gratitude for kicking Allen West to the curb, though.

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