Rick Scott Looks to Fend Off Democrat Challenger for Florida’s Senate Seat

Published on November 2, 2024

In a race that could determine which party controls the upper chamber of Congress in 2025, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.) are going head to head for Florida’s senate seat. Seeing the seat as a potential pickup opportunity in its path to retain Senate control, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) announced in September that it was launching a “multimillion-dollar” television ad buy targeting Scott. “We have a great opportunity in both Florida and Texas,” DSCC Chair Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich) said during a CSPAN event on Sept. 26. “Quality is part of that issue. We have two very unpopular incumbents … We have very strong challengers.”...