FL-SEN: Florida Dem who posted huge special election fundraising set for Senate run
Florida Democrat Josh Weil, the once little-known progressive teacher who stunned the political world in March by raising nearly $14 million for a failed congressional special election bid, is now running to become the Sunshine State’s next senator.
Weil is the first major Democratic candidate to file for the 2026 Senate race. “I’ll be everywhere,” Weil said of his planned campaign tour across the state, which kicks off Wednesday at a veterans center in conservative Clay County.
By entering the race, Weil hopes to replace Sen. Ashley Moody, a Republican selected by Gov. Ron DeSantis in January to replace Marco Rubio once he became secretary of State.
Moody, a former state attorney general who shares a close relationship with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, brought in $1.2 million through her joint fundraising committee and raised roughly $400,000 in her campaign account during the first three months of this year for the 2026 election. She has yet to attract a serious primary challenger.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/18/florida-midterms-senate-weil-democrats-moody-00410667
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