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After coming in No. 3 in a crowded field of Democrats vying for Primary victory in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, former Broward County Commissioner Barbara Sharief is taking on the Senate’s leading Democrat in a Primary showdown.
Sharief said she is running to represent Senate District 35, which will mean a Primary Election challenge against Democratic Leader Lauren Book.
Book’s advisor slammed Sharief’s Senate plans as harming Democratic candidates’ fundraising potential statewide, but Sharief has no apologies.
“This is my home district,” she said, noting she’s represented some cities in SD 35 for 13 years.
– Anne Geggis, Florida Politics