By: Adam C. Smith
Source: Times
Shaking up an already volatile election cycle in Florida, Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown of Jacksonville said Saturday she is seriously looking at jumping into the Senate race.
Her entry would mean two of Florida’s most popular African-American members of Congress — Brown and Kendrick Meek of Miami — vying for the nomination to take on either Gov. Charlie Crist or former state House Speaker Marco Rubio in the 2010 general election.
“I just think the state needs more than someone who’s there to talk a great game, smile and take pictures, but the key is to deliver for the people of Florida,” the 62-year-old Brown, a 17-year-veteran of the U.S. House, told the St. Petersburg Times Saturday.
Meek, 42, already has raised more than $1.5 million for his Senate campaign and picked up major endorsements, from former President Bill Clinton to major labor groups. But Brown said she has more experience to offer and that she commissioned a statewide poll that showed her leading Meek and other Democrats looking at the Senate race.
Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown of Jacksonville considers run for Senate
