Ex-Rep. Alan Grayson Ends Challenge To Rick Scott

June 11, 2024 Democrats, Politics

Florida Politics reports:

Former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson has ended his U.S. Senate candidacy and will run for a Florida Senate seat instead. The Orlando Democrat enters an already competitive Democratic Primary in Senate District 25, assuming he qualifies before noon on Friday.

The Orlando Democrat was first elected to a term in the U.S. House in 2008, unseating Republican U.S. Rep. Ric Keller, before being defeated in 2010 by now-Republican U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster. He later came back in a different district and was elected again in 2012 and won re-election in 2014.

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Grayson’s time in the House was famously rife with bombastic declarations, leading some to recently dub him the “progressive version of Matt Gaetz.”



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