Tag: 2020 elections

U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack rounded up more than two dozen Republicans who were elected to the House for the first time last month. Two other Republicans from the Sunshine State--incoming U.S. Reps. Byron Donalds and Scott Franklin--also signed the letter. 

The presidential election will get most of the attention, especially as there are no statewide races this year. Republican Donald Trump carried Florida in 2016 and starts with a slight edge here in Florida based on how the GOP has done in close statewide contests in recent years.

On Monday, conservative leader Anna Paulina Luna ramped up her campaign for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla.

A year until the primaries and less than 15 months until the 2020 elections, it looks like Florida won’t see many tight congressional races.

Running for a second term last year, U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., faced no opposition in the general election but she has drawn a Republican opponent in the 2020 election cycle.

This week, the House Democrats announced state Rep. Bobby DuBose, D-Fort Lauderdale, and state Rep. Evan Jenne, D-Dania Beach, to the lead the caucus and its campaign efforts for 2020 through 2022.

Noting that U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is playing down talk of impeachment, the NRCC launched a digital ad on Friday targeting Florida Democrat U.S. Reps. Charlie Crist,  Stephanie Murphy,  Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and Donna Shalala on Friday, trying to smoke them out on the matter. 

The new Congress may have convened last week but both major parties are already getting ready for the 2020 elections in Florida.