Debbie MucarselPowell a Democrat who once represented the Miami area in the US House will run for Senate from Florida . The former congresswoman told ending a monthslong search by her party for a challenger to Republican Sen. Rick Scott next year . Democrats who are defending the lions share of competitive Senate seats in now look toward a rare pickup opportunity as both parties fight for control of the narrowly divided chamber . The number of registered Republicans in the state surpassed Democrats in late and the chasm has widened to half a million voters . Scott was elected to the Senate in the same year that voters sent Powell to the House unseating Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson by the thinnest of margins about votes out of more than a million ballots cast . Since then Florida has turned sharply to the right. The state Democratic Party is rebuilding on the fly in hopes it can convince donors to invest in the . state by . Meanwhile the state Democratic party is rebuilding its own state . The state Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis sailed to reelection by points last year just four years after winning office after a recount and a . vote after a . recount and the . ban on abortion after sixweeks a measure Scott has said he would have signed when he was governor . The ban has not yet taken effect amid a separate legal challenge before the state Supreme Court. The ban is not expected to take effect . Other Democratic candidates in the State. The State Democratic Party are rebuilding on . The State Department is building on the . legal challenge . Mucarsarselpowell and the state . to the . law . The law has not Yet to take action amid a legal challenge to the state’s ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The . ban
Democrats recruit ex-congresswoman to challenge Sen. Rick Scott and test whether Florida
