FL Dem Establishment has made it plain, they’re all in for Patrick Murphy at this point. Grayson could get the hard-core moonbat vote. Frankly, I’d rather see him get the nomination. On the GOP side, I expect it will like be CFO Jeff Atwater as the nominee. He’s won statewide twice and is very popular.
Curiously, Gov. Rick Scott has effectively declared against Nelson for 2018. I’m thinking he may be tired by then and apt to hang it up after over 4 decades in office. My concern about Scott is that he’s rather weak and another statewide officeholder might be stronger to go for it (like Adam Putnam, though he’s probably going to go for Governor instead in ‘18).
As for Maryland, I’m expecting that Senate race to be a bloodbath with the GOP having a decent chance of exploiting it (especially if Donna Edwards wins the primary). I was right in predicting the Dems would lose the Governorship when O’Malley’s Black Lt Gov was the nominee. I think White Dems in the state are leery about elevating a Black that comes from an all-Black constituency (in Anthony Brown’s case, P.G. County, same as Donna Edwards) to a top office. White Dems have disproportionate control in the state because they shift enough Black voters into districts to deny Republican wins, but Black voters and pols are underrepresented. Black voters already make up a majority of the Dem vote in the primary.
If Pat Murphy runs for the Senate, I’d like to see Adam Hasner succeed him in the House.
Agreed, if Donna Edwards wins the primary there at least a chance a republican could take the seat