Scarred by narrow defeats at the ballot box in recent years, Democrats in Florida are planning a different approach this fall: Compete everywhere, no matter the odds.
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Democratic presidential nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden , and vice presidential running mate, US Senator Kamala Harris, hold a press conference after receiving a briefing on COVID-19 in Wilmington, Del., Aug. 13, 2020. "The further down-ballot you have candidates, the more it helps up-ballot," Reid said. When Democrats don't have a Democrat to vote for,"They have to vote for the Republican, or just choose not to vote. And those people who choose not to vote, maybe they just don't go vote at all. And that causes depression at the top."
Escambia County sits on the western edge of the Panhandle, a narrow, vertical strip of land hugging Alabama from the Gulf of Mexico to Georgia. It is part of the State Senate's 1st District, in which Democrats have not run a candidate since 2008. In 2016, Doug Broxson, a Repubican, won 99.8% of the vote, running virtually unopposed.
A woman casts her vote during the Florida primary election at Doris & Phil Sanford Fire Rescue Station Coral Gables in Miami, on March 17, 2020.She also thinks she can break Republicans' tight grip on the district. The strategy, they said, is simple: The more races you compete in, the better your odds of winning seats.
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