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TexasTowelie

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Mon Jun 4, 2018, 09:37 PM Jun 2018

Wasserman Schultz, other South Florida Democrats face scant primary opposition in 2018

WASHINGTON -- Two years ago, South Florida was home to the last vestiges of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign.

Donors from around the country poured millions into Tim Canova's primary challenge against Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, upset with her leadership of the Democratic National Committee and supposed favoritism toward Hillary Clinton over Sanders.

And Randal Hill, a former University of Miami wide receiver, waged a serious primary challenge against Rep. Frederica Wilson, arguing that the longtime elected official didn't do enough in Washington for her constituents.

But in 2018, none of the five Democrats who represent South Florida in Congress face serious primary challengers. Wasserman Schultz didn't get a primary challenger after Canova decided to run as an independent. Wilson faces a candidate who lives in California and won 246 votes after running for an open congressional seat on the West Coast last year. Reps. Ted Deutch and Alcee Hastings face little-known Democratic challengers, while Rep. Lois Frankel is already assured another term in Congress after no one filed to run against her.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article212328174.html

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