With Florida’s presidential primary election finally upon us, and Donald Trump expected to win the state over Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, those running for re-election or election to federal offices will now have the opportunity to showcase their respective campaigns, as the attention will now focus on races other than the Republican presidential primary race.
This day could not have come any sooner, especially for the 2016 GOP Senate candidates vying to replace Rubio in the U.S. Senate.All of the senate Republican candidates-Reps David Jolly and Ron Desantis, Todd Wilcox, Lt. Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera, and Carlos Beruff- have little or no name recognition around the state of Florida.
This is not good.
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Congressional races that will now take center stage in the state are in Florida’s 18th and 26 st congressional districts.
These two seats are seen as a “must win” for both Republicans and Democrats.
In CD 18, combat veteran and double-amputee Brian Mast seems to have the edge over the rest of the field of Republican congressional candidates, both in money raised and name recognition.Aside from a couple of self-funders in the race, Attorney Rick Kozell and Martin County School Board Member Rebecca Negron, both are putting their best efforts forward to position themselves for a win in the August primary election.
Republican-turned-Liberal Democrat, Randy Perkins, will be the nominee for the Democratic Party. He is a self-funder who the part seems to already have gotten behind.
Florida CD 26 is another political animal.
Former Congressman Joe Garcia (D) has jumped into the race, again. He is challenging former Miami-Dade Democratic Party Chairwoman Annette Taddeo in the Democratic primary election, while incumbent Congressman Carlos Curbelo (pictured) is running unopposed.
Curbelo faces a tough general election challenge from whomever wins the Democratic nomination, as this congressional district has shifted a bit more in favor of a Democrat due to the most recent special redistricting process.
