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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George II
(67,782 posts)TheNutcracker
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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)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)...I've already met with Jason Karden and Ted Strickland
brooklynite
(93,873 posts)Candidates need to focus on the issues voters care about.
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bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)No new young progressives on the horizon
LiberalFighter
(50,504 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,085 posts)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.