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- Former Democratic Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell jumped into the 2024 Florida Senate race.
- She's aiming to unseat Rick Scott, who always eked out narrow wins in his general election contests.
- But Scott will be running in a presidential year, when Florida Republicans could have a considerable edge.
Sen. Rick Scott of Florida has eked out narrow victories in every general election race of his political career.
When the Republican first ran for governor in 2010, he secured a 1.2-point win over Democrat Alex Sink. In 2014, Scott defeated former Gov. Charlie Crist by 1 point. And in 2018, when Scott won a squeaker against veteran Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, he prevailed by 0.1% — or roughly 10,000 votes out of 8.19 million ballots cast.