{"id":2389882,"date":"2025-01-13T19:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T00:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-house-republicans-eye-florida-senate-seat-being-vacated-by-rubio-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T19:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T00:04:53","slug":"two-house-republicans-eye-florida-senate-seat-being-vacated-by-rubio-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-house-republicans-eye-florida-senate-seat-being-vacated-by-rubio-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Two House Republicans eye Florida Senate seat being vacated by Rubio &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Ftwo-house-republicans-eye-florida-senate-seat-being-vacated-by-rubio-washington-examiner%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=2389882&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>Two House Republicans, Cory Mills and Kat Cammack, are competing for the Florida Senate seat that\u2064 will soon\u2063 be vacated by Senator Marco \u200bRubio, who is expected to join President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s Cabinet. both\u2062 representatives have expressed their\u200d interest in\u2062 the position and have discussed their candidacies \u2064with \u200cGovernor Ron DeSantis.Cammack described DeSantis&#8217;s remarks about their qualifications as &#8220;very generous,&#8221;\u200b indicating that he views both of them\u200c positively based on\u2063 their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-colorado-dems-say-theyre-running-to-help-working-families-they-voted-for-new-taxes-amid-rising-inflation\/\" title=\"These Colorado Dems Say They\u2019re Running To Help \u2018Working Families.\u2019 They Voted for New Taxes Amid Rising Inflation.\">legislative records<\/a>. The governor is responsible \u200cfor appointing Rubio\u2019s replacement once he resigns from the Senate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Two House Republicans eye Florida Senate seat being vacated by Rubio<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1934500\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Two House Republicans are publicly vying for the soon-to-be vacant Senate seat held by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/patriotism-unity\/3272446\/trump-risks-hamstringing-marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sen. Marco Rubio<\/a> (R-FL), who is expected to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3282443\/trump-cabinet-hearings-who-is-coming-to-capitol-hill-this-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">confirmed to President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet<\/a> later this month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Reps. Cory Mills (R-FL) and Kat Cammack (R-FL) have spoken with Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) about the position, for which the governor must appoint a replacement after Rubio steps down. Both Mills and Cammack have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leah-remini-says-her-16-year-old-daughter-keeps-her-woke\/\" title=\"Leah Remini Says Her 16-Year-Old Daughter Keeps Her \u2018Woke\u2019\">expressed interest<\/a> in the position, with Cammack telling the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>she found DeSantis&rsquo;s comments about her candidacy &ldquo;very generous.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just going off what the governor said about us this morning, he said that we&rsquo;re good fighters, that he likes our record, that he respects our record, and so that I&rsquo;ll leave it at that,&rdquo; Cammack said on Monday, referring to comments in which DeSantis revealed that she and Mills were being considered for the position.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mills also responded to DeSantis&rsquo;s comments, noting he &ldquo;appreciated the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">positive feedback&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to his and Cammack&rsquo;s interviews.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While I feel I would add value and be better positioned to help [Trump&rsquo;s] America First agenda, we will have to see what the Governor decides,&rdquo; Mills said in a post on X. &ldquo;Either way, it&rsquo;s an honor to be considered for the Senate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, DeSantis expressed concerns about choosing either Mills or Cammack due to Republicans&rsquo; slim majority in the House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Trump takes office, the Senate is expected to confirm both Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Mike Waltz (R-FL) to his administration, leaving the House makeup at just 217-215, meaning the GOP loses the majority if just one member votes with Democrats. By taking either Mills or Cammack to fill Rubio&rsquo;s slot, it would further imperil the GOP&rsquo;s control of the House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been honest with the congresspeople, that&rsquo;s a big concern of mine because one of the criteria I had with who I&rsquo;m going to appoint is, we just had an election. The president has a mandate. I want you to help facilitate that. I don&rsquo;t want you to be sand in the gears,&rdquo; DeSantis said on Monday. &ldquo;But if you put someone there, and then it reduces the numbers in the House, and they make it harder for them to be able to enact an agenda.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mills acknowledged that concern in his statement and instead has left the door open to running for the seat when it opens again in 2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, Cammack suggested her placement in the Senate would not significantly alter Republicans&rsquo; power in the House, telling the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>the math is not swayed whether her seat is filled or not.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If Republicans hold 217 or 216 seats compared to 215, either scenario would leave Republicans a buffer of just one vote. As a result, Cammack noted, all Republicans would need to vote in favor of legislation for it to pass &mdash; regardless if she is there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In a strange way, whether I am in the House or in the Senate, the math actually works out to mean that you would have to have every single Republican in lockstep, and that&rsquo;s assuming that we take any major legislative pieces under consideration between now and April,&rdquo; Cammack told the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em>&ldquo;Which at this point it&rsquo;s looking like we&rsquo;re aiming towards April for reconciliation, when those margins would actually matter.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cammack, however, did not comment on whether she would look at the seat in 2026 if she is not appointed by DeSantis this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-dangerous-precedent\/\" title=\"A Dangerous Precedent\">telling reporters<\/a> it was &ldquo;putting the cart before the horse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, DeSantis has reportedly viewed Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody as the top contender to replace Rubio. It&rsquo;s not yet clear when Rubio will resign his seat, but his confirmation is expected to be one of the quickest to be approved by the Senate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1934500\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1934500\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two House Republicans seek Rubio&#8217;s soon-to-be vacant Senate seat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2389883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24114743372769-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33399,48452,32920,34360,32603],"class_list":["post-2389882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-elections","tag-florida-senate-seat","tag-house-republicans","tag-marco-rubio","tag-political-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24114743372769-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389882","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\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389882"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389886,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389882\/revisions\/2389886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}