{"id":2011226,"date":"2023-08-24T18:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T22:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-primary-debates-in-floridas-senate-race\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T18:42:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T22:42:32","slug":"democrats-push-for-primary-debates-in-floridas-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-primary-debates-in-floridas-senate-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats urge for primary debates in Florida&#8217;s Senate race."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdemocrats-push-for-primary-debates-in-floridas-senate-race%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=2011226&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--><h2>Florida Democrats\u200d Consider\u200c Hosting Primary Debate \u2064for Senate 2024 Cycle<\/h2>\n<p>Florida Democrats are \u200cexploring the idea of organizing a primary\u2064 debate\u2063 for the Senate 2024\u2064 cycle, aiming to make a strong comeback in a state that has long been dominated\u200b by Republicans.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Phil Ehr, a retired U.S. Navy veteran who ran an unsuccessful \u2063bid\u200c to oust Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) in 2020, launched his Democratic candidacy for the\u200b U.S. Senate earlier \u2062this year. Ehr reached out \u200bto the newly entered former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell on Wednesday,\u2064 proposing a series of campaign debates.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ehr expressed his desire for transparency and openness, stating, &#8220;Florida Democrats deserve the opportunity to hear directly from both of us\u2064 about how\u2062 we will get it done so\u200c they can make an informed decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><h3>Race to Unseat Rick Scott Intensifies<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The race to unseat Rick Scott gained momentum this week\u2062 with the entry\u2064 of Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, who launched her campaign to challenge the three<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-primary-debates-in-floridas-senate-race\/\" title=\"Democrats urge for primary debates in Florida's Senate race.\">-time state election winner<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In \u2063a campaign video, Mucarsel-Powell criticized Scott&#8217;s stance on abortion, taxes, and his previous move to\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-healthy-economy-wont-matter-in-2024-if-our-kids-are-mutilated-and-families-broken\/\" title=\"A Healthy Economy Won\u2019t Matter In 2024 If Our Kids Are Mutilated And Families Broken\">end federal programs<\/a> after five years, \u200dincluding\u200c Social Security and Medicare.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Debates as a Platform for Spreading the Democratic Message<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman\u200b Nikki Fried supported \u200dthe \u200cidea of debates, emphasizing their \u2062role in spreading the party&#8217;s message to a wider audience.\u2063 While the party cannot endorse a specific contender,\u200d Fried advocated for the removal of\u2063 Sen. Rick Scott.<\/p>\n<p>Fried stated, &#8220;Getting an\u2063 opportunity to present yourself to the \u200cwhole state \u2062in\u200b that \u2063kind\u2063 of format that gets to\u200c talk about who they\u200b are, why they\u2019re doing\u200b what they do, only helps get the name ID up,\u200d only helps to get our messaging out, and \u2064to make sure that people see the true difference between our candidates \u2063and Rick Scott.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><h3>Mucarsel-Powell&#8217;s Background and Scott&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Mucarsel-Powell, an Ecuadorian immigrant, previously defeated a two-term Republican incumbent in Florida&#8217;s 26th \u200dDistrict in \u200b2018 but lost the seat in 2020. The Scott campaign labeled her \u2063a\u2064 &#8220;socialist&#8221; and highlighted her alignment with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p><h3>No Primary \u200cDebates for Presidential Candidates<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>On a national level, the Democratic Party\u2064 has no plans to hold primary debates for\u2062 the presidential candidates. However, Republicans recently held their first primary debate. Some Democratic hopefuls, \u2063such as Marianne Williamson and Robert F. Kennedy\u2063 Jr., have urged the \u200dDemocratic National Committee to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-running-for-re-election-is-elder-abuse-by-managerial-class-gop-presidential-candidate-says\/\" title=\"Biden Running For Re-Election Is \u2018Elder Abuse\u2019 By \u2018Managerial Class,\u2019 GOP Presidential Candidate Says\">host primary debates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner has reached out to Mucarsel-Powell&#8217;s campaign for a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Democrats are considering a primary debate for the Senate 2024 cycle, aiming to regain ground in a Republican-dominated state. Phil Ehr, a retired Navy veteran who previously ran against Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), has announced his Democratic candidacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2011227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2011226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011226","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=2011226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2011227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2011226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2011226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2011226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}