“Rep. Alan Grayson’s (D-FL) ex-wife repeatedly went to police with accusations of domestic abuse over a two-decade period, according to documents she has provided to Politico, revelations that come as the Florida congressman enters the final weeks of his Democratic primary campaign for Senate.”
GOP Has Upper Hand In Florida Senate Race
Politico: “Now, Republicans smell blood in the water, and they’re looking to damage Murphy so badly that Democrats are forced to spend heavily on his behalf ahead of the state’s Aug. 30 primary — or abandon the race altogether. The GOP is adopting a strategy that’s been used against it repeatedly in recent election cycles: Propping up a politically toxic, outside-the-mainstream candidate in the other party’s primary, in this case firebrand liberal Rep. Alan Grayson.”
“The reversal of fortunes in Florida could hardly have come at a better time for Republicans, after weeks of negative headlines about their presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, and increasing concerns about a down-ballot disaster for the party.”
Murphy Embellished His Business Background
CBS Miami digs into Rep. Patrick Murphy’s (D-FL) background as the likely Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Florida:
A CBS4 News investigation into Murphy’s history as both a CPA and a self-described small business owner, however, shows Murphy has in some cases exaggerated his experience and in other instances made claims that were misleading or outright false.
For instance, he has never worked a day in his life as a Certified Public Accountant.
And he was never a small business owner.
Rubio Decides Senate Is Better Path to White House
Harry Enten: “Marco Rubio’s decision to run for re-election to his U.S. Senate seat, which he announced Wednesday morning, gives Republicans a boost in their bid to retain control of the Senate. But it also sheds light on how Rubio views his political future and how Republican Senate candidates in swing states might act toward Donald Trump.”
Washington Post: Inside the Republican courtship of Marco Rubio
Interestingly, Smart Politics notes that since 1972, “all seven sitting U.S. Senators who ran for reelection in the cycle of their failed presidential bid won another term – each by double digits.”
Rubio Won’t Campaign With Trump
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) will not campaign with Donald Trump in the battleground state of Florida, Politico reports.
Said Rubio: “It’s not that I’m looking to undermine him, but I think the differences between us on key issues are so significant that I just don’t plan to campaign — I’ve got to run my own race.”
Rubio Not Favored In Florida’s Senate Race
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Rubio Will Seek Re-Election
“In a major reversal highlighting Republican fear over losing the Senate majority and his own ambition, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) will break a longstanding promise not to seek re-election, becoming an instant favorite but facing the challenge of running in a presidential year featuring Donald Trump,” the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Miami Herald: “National Republicans fearful of losing Senate control to Democrats mounted a campaign to keep Rubio on the ballot for Florida’s swing seat. He consented just two days before Friday’s state candidate-qualifying deadline.”
New York Times: “The senator has told colleagues and advisers that he would like to run for president again, either in 2020 or 2024. But he increasingly came to believe that doing so from the private sector would be difficult.”
For members: Rubio Not Favored In Florida’s Senate Race
Democrats Are Ready for Rubio
Washington Post: “An online ad released Friday by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee previews the sort of campaign Rubio can expect to endure should he decide to reverse the decision, made when he entered the presidential race last year, to forego re-election to run for president.”
“The ad highlights the scores of votes and committee hearings Rubio missed while pursuing the presidency, the repeated pledges he made during that campaign not to return to the Senate and his vote in December against a Democratic proposal to bar suspected terrorists from purchasing guns.”
Rubio Will Reconsider Re-Election Bid
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), “who had pledged for months not to seek re-election to the Senate while he waged an ill-fated campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, said Wednesday that he is rethinking that decision and could enter the race as soon as next week,” the Washington Post reports.
“Rubio said his decision followed a Sunday conversation with his friend Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R), who is running to succeed him in the Senate, on the sidelines of the scene of the terror attack in Orlando.”
Jolly May Quit Senate Bid
“Under intense local, state and national pressure, Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) is considering whether to drop his bid for U.S. Senate and run for reelection against former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist,” Politico reports.
“Jolly’s campaign would neither confirm nor deny the degree to which he’s weighing his options, only saying that ‘nothing has changed’ concerning his Senate bid. But those familiar with Jolly’s thinking say he has watched his chances in the crowded GOP Senate primary transform for the worse in recent weeks while a reelection bid for Florida’s 13th congressional district have brightened.”
Rubio Is Very Unpopular In Florida
A new Public Policy Polling survey in Florida finds that Sen. Marco Rubio remains quite unpopular in the state in the wake of his failed Presidential bid, and that voters aren’t interested in seeing him run for the Senate this year.
Key finding: “Only 32% of voters in the state approve of the job Rubio is doing as Senator, to 54% who disapprove. Those numbers make him one of the least popular Senators in the country.”
Why Rubio May Run for Senate Again
Josh Kraushaar: “A useful rule of thumb: Politicians usually act in their own self-interest. And that’s why Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is opening the door to running again for his Senate seat.”
“If Rubio wants to run for president in 2020, it would be very difficult for him to do so without holding any prominent statewide elected office. Having only one term on the Senate under his belt and four years outside of office is an awfully thin starting point to mount a second presidential bid. There will be other newly-elected governors and senators who will emerge on the national radar. And with the Florida governor race unlikely to be an option—Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is popular and the odds-on GOP favorite—the only option for him to remain politically relevant is to pursue a second Senate term.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, quoted by the Washington Times: “We’re all lobbying hard for him to run again. He’s been back in the Senate for six weeks. He’s, I believe, enjoying it, and being effective.”
GOP Senate Candidate Calls Obama an ‘Animal’
Carlos Beruff, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Florida, repeatedly referred to President Obama as an “animal” at a county GOP meeting, the Huffington Post reports.
Said Beruff: “Unfortunately, for seven and a half years this animal we call president, because he’s an animal, OK — seven and a half years, has surgically and with thought and very smart, intelligent manner, destroyed this country and dismantled the military under not one, not two, but three secretary of defenses. And they’ve all written books about it.”
Is Rubio Reconsidering Running for Re-Election?
When Lauren Fox asked Sen. Marco Rubio if he would reconsider running for re-election, he said: “I’m not focused on that.”
When she noted he can file until June, he walked away, turned and said, “June 24.”
Quote of the Day
“I want you to lose.”
— Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), quoted by The Hill, when confronted by Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) who is facing ethics charges as he runs for U.S. Senate.
Grayson’s Double Life Under Investigation
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) ran a hedge fund at the same time he was a U.S. congressman, the New York Times reports.
“This highly unusual dual role — a sitting House lawmaker running a hedge fund, which until recently had operations in the Cayman Islands — has led to an investigation of Mr. Grayson by the House Committee on Ethics. The inquiry has become public, but emails and marketing documents obtained by The New York Times show the extent to which Mr. Grayson’s roles as a hedge fund manager and a member of Congress were intertwined, and how he promoted his international travels, some with congressional delegations, to solicit business.”
Jolly Will Stop Asking for Money
Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) will stop personally fundraising for his U.S. Senate bid, National Journal reports.
“The highly unusual move—in the middle of a marquee Senate race—comes as Jolly prepares to roll out legislation that would bar all members of Congress from personally asking for campaign contributions. It’s an effort to put Congress back to work on pressing issues like national security.”
Grayson Loses Top Campaign Staff
Rep. Alan Grayson’s (D-FL) “campaign manager, deputy campaign manager, and senior adviser are leaving their jobs in the Democratic congressman’s troubled Florida Senate campaign,” Politico reports.
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