Polling for Florida Senate Democrats forecasts battleground sweep
Florida Democrats are confident they’ll head into the 2021 Legislative Session with 19 Senators, according to a polling update issued by the party’s Senate campaign arm.
Republicans currently hold 23 seats in the 40-member Florida Senate. Two of those Republican-held seats are being hotly contested in the 2020 cycle and internal polling teased by Florida Senate Victory indicates both are heads-up contests.
“At the beginning of the decade, Senate Victory/FDLCC charted a Path to Parity in the Florida Senate. In that time, the caucus has grown from 12 to 17 members, and with recent polling we expect to return next Session with 19 Senate Democrats,” the polling update reads.
The first target is Senate District 9, a Central Florida-based seat where Republican former Rep. Jason Brodeur faces Democratic labor attorney Patricia Sigman
The seat is currently held by Republican Sen. David Simmons, who is term-limited. The lack of an incumbent combined with the purpling of Seminole County has made the seat a viable pickup for Democrats.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/378370-florida-democrats-expect-a-senate-battleground-sweep
= new reply since forum marked as read
