Grayson says he'll challenge Soto in Florida's 9th

[DonViejo]

By MARC CAPUTO 05/01/2018 07:21 AM EDT

Former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson announced Tuesday morning that he’ll mount a primary challenge against his successor, Rep. Darren Michael Soto, setting up a major primary fight that Florida and Washington Democrats had hoped to avoid.

Grayson, who had flirted with running for another congressional seat, indicated to WFTV in Orlando that he doesn’t care what party elites think of his decision to run for the Democratic nomination in Florida’s 9th congressional district in Orlando.

“I don’t need anyone’s permission to run for office. What I’ve done is ask the people,” Grayson told the station. “I can run anywhere in the state; I could run from Key West to Pensacola.”

The primary will be a rematch of last names between Soto and Grayson. Soto beat Grayson’s wife, Deena Grayson, and Grayson’s former adviser, Susannah Randolph, in the 2016 Democratic primary for the seat, which is heavily Democratic. Soto is the first member of Florida’s congressional delegation of Puerto Rican descent, and the seat has a sizable Puerto Rican voting population that’s expected to become more active this year as Hurricane Maria survivors continue to flock to Central Florida.

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[NCTraveler]

1. Florida Man says he'll challenge Soto.

Fixed the headline. You are welcome.

Grayson, the blatant sexist, will make Soto's wife one of the cornerstones of his campaign.

Offshore Alan is a pig.

[KG]

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[NCTraveler]

3. Even Manchin held that position.

Offshore Alan is targeting the greenest member of the Florida delegation and a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. I don't think the sexist abusive pig will get his campaign off the ground.

[FloridaBlues]

4. No not Grayson again!!!

[mcar]

5. He was threatening to run in my district

District 11. We've got a solid Democrat on the ballot here, she's a good choice to run against our useless R critter. Grayson would have screwed that up royally.

[Retrograde]

6. So I'm going to get more calls from his campaign

even though I live on the other side of the country, and have never given him a dime in the first place? My own rep doesn't call as often!

[gratuitous]

7. "I can run anywhere in the state"

Then why not run in a district with some retrograde Republican, then? Geez, this man can be tiresome.