Posted on 05/06/2015 6:09:06 PM PDT by cotton1706
GOP Rep. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced that he will run for the Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio in 2016, teeing up a possible intra-party fight for the Florida GOP that some Republicans fear could weaken them ahead of a competitive general election.
“As a candidate for Senate, I look forward to offering reforms based on limited government principles that will make our country stronger and more prosperous," DeSantis said in a statement to the Associated Press. "I see a bright future for Florida and for America and my campaign will be about the ideas and principles that will help us achieve a more perfect union.”
Rubio announced last month that he was running for president, opening up the race for his Senate seat. Florida law does not currently allow simultaneous runs for both offices, and Rubio is not seeking to change it.
DeSantis, a member of the House Freedom Caucus and a tea party favorite, is the first Republican to formally enter the race after a handful of other top recruits opted out of running. But several other Republican candidates with closer ties to the GOP establishment -- mostly notably Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera -- are likely to enter the race as well, setting up a primary battle that mirrors the tea party vs. establishment fights of recent election cycles.
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I don’t get it. If these mean-old right-wing Tea Party extremists can’t win, then why even write about them?
It's demonic nature of a fifth-column rag like the Compost to attack patriotic principled political leaders.
AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! It's SAAAAAAAATAAAAAAN!!!! [/lib mode]
” But several other Republican candidates with closer ties to the GOP establishment — mostly notably Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera -”
Thank you Compost, for telling us who to despise, and not vote for.
Anyone that the WashPost, NY Slimes, or CNN doesn’t like, is automatically good. (And vice versa.)
That’s got to be some sort of unofficial New Age rule-of-thumb for Big Gay Media’s treatment of people.
Gearing up and ready to go after the GOPe!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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