Florida Senate: Underdog Struggles Against Incumbent Rubio

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle
Fri, 09/30/2016 - 11:38pm

(AP) — A Democratic congressman with little name recognition is struggling to stop Florida's GOP Sen. Marco Rubio from being re-elected as Republicans pour millions into adds attacking the underdog — Patrick Murphy. [...] the Democratic Party arm in Washington focused on overturning GOP control of the Senate on Election Day seems hesitant to fight back for Murphy, who's still introducing himself to voters statewide. For Democrats, it's been a season of high hopes of taking the Senate seat in a presidential election year that saw some Republicans distancing themselves from Trump. Republicans for Rubio are hitting Murphy for overstating claims on his resume to be a certified public accountant, small business owner and a college graduate with two degrees. Murphy casts Rubio as self-interested, saying he can't even commit to serving a six-year term and wants to use the office to mount another presidential run. Murphy has received help from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the Senate Majority PAC, but those advertising buys have been dwarfed by outside Republican groups. Lauderdale, said she generally votes along Democratic lines but is still deciding which one lines up with her on key issues of student loan debt, family leave policies and equality and pay for women.

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