Former Latina Congresswoman Joins The Choir Of Democratic Leaders Asking Bob Menndez To Step Down

Reinaldo Escobar / Sep 29 2023, 06:00 AM EST

Ecuadorian-born former Florida Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, 52 joined the group of political leaders calling for the resignation of Senate Bob Menéndez over a recent Manhattan court ruling. She made history as the first South American immigrant elected to the House of Representatives.

Mucarsel-Powell, the former representative of the Sunshine State from 2019 to 2021, representing South Florida's 26th Congressional District, lost her 2020 re-election bid by 3 points to former Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez.

Now she wants to go further, and recently filed for the Florida Senate seat held by incumbent Republican Rick Scott, a former governor and multimillionaire who has won three statewide elections. But according to pundits in Washington DC, it will be an uphill battle for her because before she faces Scott, she will have to beat off several challengers in a party primary, like Rep. Alan Grayson and veteran Phil Her.

Mucarsel-Powell raised nearly $7 million for her unsuccessful House re-election campaign during the 2020 cycle; she had just $11,000 in her campaign account at the end of 2020, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

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