{"id":1310012,"date":"2022-02-18T12:39:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T17:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1310012"},"modified":"2022-02-18T12:39:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T17:39:25","slug":"report-former-florida-democrat-rep-debbie-mucarsel-powell-will-not-run-for-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-former-florida-democrat-rep-debbie-mucarsel-powell-will-not-run-for-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Former Florida Democrat Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell Will Not Run for Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-former-florida-democrat-rep-debbie-mucarsel-powell-will-not-run-for-congress%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1310012&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Former Florida Democrat&nbsp;Rep.&nbsp;Debbie Mucarsel-Powell announced on Thursday she would not run for Congress, ending months-long speculation she would seek to regain her old seat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am announcing that I will not run for Congress in 2022\u2026&nbsp;But this does not mean that I will step back from our fight to improve our communities,\u201d&nbsp;Mucarsel-Powell said in a statement first <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/y8seD#selection-2917.0-3005.123\">reported<\/a> by the <em>Miami Herald<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Mucarsel-Powell lost in 2020 against&nbsp;Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) by roughly three percentage points after only being in Congress for one term.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat said she would instead work with&nbsp;Future Majority, which is a Democrat-aligned advocacy group that does not have to disclose who the donors are due to it being registered as a&nbsp;nonprofit organization. The&nbsp;<em>Herald<\/em> stated she would be in charge of the&nbsp;nonprofit\u2019s&nbsp;Hispanic outreach program.<\/p>\n<p>Mucarsel-Powell, who immigrated to the United States at 14 years old from&nbsp;Ecuador, said she would \u201ckeep fighting for truth against the menace of disinformation that is targeting our Hispanic communities in South Florida and across the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19932146\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1273081980.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19932146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1273081980-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) speaks at a news conference on September 17, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As of Thursday, the&nbsp;<em>Herald<\/em> reported no campaign committee had been registered under a Democrat in the congressional district. However, the state is still going through a once-in-a-decade redistricting process.<\/p>\n<p>Although, as the Democrat announced she would not run for Congress, there has been ongoing speculation revolving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/18\/report-florida-democrats-struggle-to-find-congressional-candidates\/\">around<\/a> the Democrats finding anyone to run against Republicans in the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n<p>A report from the&nbsp;<em>Herald<\/em> in January <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/18\/report-florida-democrats-struggle-to-find-congressional-candidates\/\">stated<\/a> that the&nbsp;Democrat Party declined to comment on their&nbsp;recruitment attempts to the publication.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet noted little evidence showed the Democrats have anyone lined up to run against Republicans in Florida\u2019s Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congressional Districts after two&nbsp;first-time candidates dropped out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19932154\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1358810952.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19932154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1358810952-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) speaks as (L-R) Stacey Wesch, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) listen during a visit to a gun violence memorial in Bayfront Park on December 13, 2021 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Camille Gallo, a spokeswoman for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the House Republican\u2019s campaign arm, said in an email blast \u201cNo one wants to run on Democrats\u2019 socialist agenda because it\u2019s a recipe for failure in South Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gallo also told the&nbsp;<em>Herald<\/em> that&nbsp;\u201cThis is the latest sign that no one wants to run as a Democrat in South Florida, and the party will suffer massive losses in November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Florida Democrat\u00a0Rep.\u00a0Debbie Mucarsel-Powell announced on Thursday she would not run for Congress, ending months-long speculation she would seek to regain her old seat. \u201cI am announcing that I will &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1310012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}