Despite early advantages, Val Demings keeps falling further behind Rubio

Despite early advantages, Val Demings keeps falling further behind Rubio

TALLAHASSEE — With a nearly three-decade career in law enforcement, U.S. Rep. Val Demings not that long ago was viewed as the ideal Democratic candidate to topple U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio this year.

An upset win by Demings, a former Orlando police chief who was first elected to Congress in 2016, could help resuscitate the Democratic Party in Florida, where Republicans have controlled the Legislature, the governor’s office and most Cabinet seats for more than two decades.

But as she criss-crosses the state in the run-up to Tuesday’s election, Demings faces a number seemingly insurmountable challenges, including one that is out of her control: a national political undertow that could sweep Democr...

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