{"id":5375,"date":"2023-10-18T12:31:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T16:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=5375"},"modified":"2023-10-18T12:31:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T16:31:33","slug":"rick-scott-challenger-calls-it-quits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/politics\/rick-scott-challenger-calls-it-quits\/njackson\/2023\/10\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Scott Challenger Calls It Quits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Senate primary field is already shrinking&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, Phil Ehr announced his decision to drop out of the Senate primary and instead challenge incumbent Rep.\u00a0Carlos Gimenez\u00a0(R-Fla.) for Florida\u2019s 28th congressional district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move is a stark turnaround after Ehr initially entered the senate race to unseat Republican Senator Rick Scott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/10\/18\/rick-scott-challenger-florida-senate-00122173\">Politico<\/a> has more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Ehr, who once ran against GOP Rep.&nbsp;Matt Gaetz&nbsp;in northwest Florida, said his decision to compete for Gimenez\u2019s House seat was motivated by what he called the \u201cchaos in the nation\u2019s Capitol\u201d due to the Republican infighting over House speaker that has kept that chamber without a leader for more than two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have in the House of Representatives chaos that is damaging America, chaos that is preventing us from being able to respond overseas,\u201d Ehr told Playbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ehr\u2019s decision to mount a congressional campaign in South Florida was, in part, because he believes Gimenez is vulnerable and for the GOP lawmaker\u2019s support of former President Donald Trump and other Republicans like Gaetz. Gimenez is currently one of the holdouts opposed to the speakership bid of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ehr also added that he\u2019s been a Florida resident since 1984, and while in the military he did missions in the area, including rescuing Cuban exiles during the Mariel boatlift. \u201cThis place is very familiar to me,\u201d Ehr said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate primary field is already shrinking&#8230; On Wednesday, Phil Ehr announced his decision to drop out of the Senate primary and instead challenge incumbent Rep.\u00a0Carlos Gimenez\u00a0(R-Fla.) for Florida\u2019s 28th congressional district. The move is a stark turnaround after Ehr initially entered the senate race to unseat Republican Senator Rick Scott. 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