Dem Florida Rep Makes First Move To Challenge Rubio

Politico reports:

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. “I know what it takes to defeat a powerful incumbent because I’ve done it. I know what it takes to develop the fundraising and grassroots operation — that machine to win in a swing district — because I’ve done it three times,” Murphy told POLITICO in announcing her new initiative, called “Cast Forward with Stephanie Murphy.”

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Florida Rep. @SMurphyCongress is “seriously considering” a bid against Sen. @marcoubio, announcing today a new statewide listening tour and the hiring an advisor to oversee the effort https://t.co/uiCkzTRonA

— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) February 24, 2021