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Source: Politico
ORLANDO, Fla. Florida Rep. Val Demings is planning to run for the U.S. Senate, rather than governor, providing Democrats with a big-name candidate to take on Republican Sen. Marco Rubio next year.
For months, Demings mulled which statewide office to pursue, but decided she could do the most good by taking on the two-term senator, according to several Democrats familiar with her thinking.
I wouldve supported her running for governor, but this is the right fit for her and for us, said Alex Sink, a former Florida chief financial officer who narrowly lost her 2010 bid for governor against Rick Scott, who is now a senator.
Shes going to draw a contrast between who she is and how she represents Florida vs. Marco Rubio, who a lot of people where I live never see him.
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I would have preferred that she run for Governor, because that race is more winnable and there aren't any candidates running that I think can win.