Florida Democrat Josh Weil, who gave the party hope in special election, launching Senate bid

Florida Democrat Josh Weil, who lost a special election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District but raised a stunning amount of cash, announced he is running in the state’s special Senate election.

Weil said he believes he can run on anti-Trump sentiment and raise $100 million to defeat incumbent Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) or other candidates.

“I think there’s a really big opportunity here in 2026,” Weil told the Daytona Beach News-Journal in a Tuesday interview. “We just saw this past weekend with the (No Kings) marches how many people are unhappy, are demanding change. … We’ve seen these actions all throughout our campaign harming people in regards to cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, veterans benefits and now we’re seeing with the ICE raids and immigration,

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