House and Senate races are entirely different animals. Congressional Districts are drawn specifically to favor one party or the other. A mere handful across the US are ‘swing districts.’
The same partisan leeway doesn’t obtain with Senate seats. There, candidates have to appeal to voters across the entire state, not only to one relatively small District.
West’s winning statewide would be determined by the mood of the state and the nation at the time of the election. Fl isn’t yet set as ‘blue’ or ‘red,’ like NY or TX. If conservatism is on the ascendancy he’ll do fine. Otherwise, nope.
There were several Senate seats that went D last Fall because it was Obama’s time, Democrats’ time. Rs have caved ever since.
The same entire state that went to Obama by almost 4 percentage points?