{"id":521065,"date":"2021-05-18T09:50:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=521065"},"modified":"2021-05-18T09:50:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:50:16","slug":"report-val-demings-planning-to-run-against-sen-rubio-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-val-demings-planning-to-run-against-sen-rubio-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Val Demings Planning To Run Against Sen. Rubio In Florida"},"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\">22<\/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-val-demings-planning-to-run-against-sen-rubio-in-florida%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=521065&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1227830398-scaled-e1621343541258.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Florida Democratic Rep. Val Demings is reportedly planning to challenge incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio in Florida\u2019s senate race in 2022 instead of challenging Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in the gubernatorial election.<\/p>\n<p>Demings had been mulling a bid for governor, but told Democrats familiar with her plans that she could \u201cdo the most good\u201d by trying to unseat <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/03\/marco-rubio-door-open-2024-presidential-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rubio<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/05\/18\/demings-running-for-senate-rubio-489137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico reported<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida representative was once considered to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/08\/bidens-vp-short-list-includes-atlanta-mayor-and-congresswoman-who-used-to-be-police-chief-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">potential running mate<\/a> with then-presidential candidate Joe Biden, who ultimately chose then-California Sen. Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.9411764705882\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After weighing whether to run for governor or senate, Rep. Val Demings decided to challenge Marco Rubio<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QHlEEmswK9\">https:\/\/t.co\/QHlEEmswK9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcACaputo\/status\/1394603916369727492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Demings is reportedly expected to make a decision on whether she will run in the next month, Politico reported. One adviser said there was a \u201c98.6 percent chance\u201d she would run, pointing to her recent fights with Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan and frustration with Senate republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would\u2019ve supported her running for governor, but this is the right fit for her and for us,\u201d 2010 Democratic Gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink told Politico.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.4444444444444\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Democratic Rep. Demings plans to challenge Sen. Rubio in 2022, according to a national Democrat with knowledge of the party\u2019s strategy on the Senate seat. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t3tD1ShtOL\">https:\/\/t.co\/t3tD1ShtOL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCPolitics\/status\/1394626696612044801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sink said, during a Zoom conference between Demings and <a href=\"https:\/\/ruthslistfl.org\/\">Ruth\u2019s List<\/a> activists, that national democrats had expressed optimism that the representative had the best chance to break the tie in the Senate, Politico reported.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters have also acknowledged that Rubio will not be an easy target, according to Politico, including a large party swing in the Hispanic vote, primarily towards Republicans. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/09\/donald-trump-endorsement-marco-rubio-senate-2022-save-america-pac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Endorses Marco Rubio For His 2022 Senate Bid)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Demings recently made headlines in April after she <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/26\/val-demings-officer-makhia-bryant-shooting-columbus-ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">publicly defended<\/a> Columbus police officer Nicholas Reardon, who was involved in the shooting death of teenager Ma\u2019Khia Bryant, saying he was \u201cpreventing a tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Democratic Rep. Val Demings is reportedly planning to challenge incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio in Florida\u2019s senate race in 2022 instead of challenging Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in the gubernatorial &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278399,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1227830398-scaled-e1621343541258.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"REPORT: Val Demings Planning To Run Against Sen. Rubio In Florida","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1227830398-scaled-e1621343541258.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"REPORT: Val Demings Planning To Run Against Sen. 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