Wasserman Schultz decides against running for US Senate
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, said Tuesday she won't be a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016.
Her moves leaves Democrats without their highest profile potential candidate for the seat held by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who is widely expected to run for president instead of seeking a second term.
Wasserman Schultz said she would run for re-election to the U.S. House, where she's represented parts of Broward and Miami-Dade counties since 2005. And she plans to continue at the helm of the national Democratic Party as it moves into the 2016 election season and attempts to hold on to the presidency.
She said in a telephone interview that serving in the House and working at the national party to help elect a Democratic president is "an opportunity to really be able to advance the agenda about which my constituents care about deeply in a much more significant way."
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