Republican Alexis Calatayud Monday switched her bid to succeed her former boss, Rep. Vance Aloupis, to a Senate race with a Primary fight.
Calatayud will be competing against Vicki Lopez in Senate District 38 to determine who faces first-time candidate Democrat Janelle Perez in the General Election. The newly drawn district encompasses coastal Miami-Dade, parts of Coral Gables, Homestead and Miami, as well as the entirety of Pinecrest, Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay.
Less than an hour after filing for her Senate run, Calatayud had earned endorsements from Senate President Wilton Simpson, Senate President-Designate Kathleen Passidomo and Sen. Ben Albritton.
– Anne Geggis, Florida Politics