The push to nudge former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell to run against Sen. Rick Scott comes after Republicans dominated the 2022 midterms in Florida up and down the ballot. | Lynne Sladky/AP Photo

More than 500,000 voters have already voted on Issue 1, an amendment that would make it significantly more difficult to alter the state’s constitution. | Darron Cummings/AP Photo

Former President Donald Trump arrives to board his plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Aug. 3, 2023, in Arlington, Va. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo

The indictment doesn’t name Rep. George Santos, who pleaded not guilty in May to federal charges of wire fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds. | Francis Chung/POLITICO

Rep. Marc Molinaro will be in a hotly contested race next year. But the contours of his district are still up in the air amid a redistricting court fight. | Francis Chung/POLITICO

Former President Donald Trump, the GOP frontrunner, turned down the chance to take on his opponents face-to-face for a one-on-one with Carlson. | Timothy Clary/AFP/Getty Images

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy pauses during an event with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, at the Capitol in Washington on July 27, 2023. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

Allan Keen’s involvement with No Labels is likely to heighten Democratic criticism that the third-party presidential bid will only hurt Joe Biden’s reelection prospects. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo

Though John Tuttle, center, is a Michigan native with deep roots in the state, he may also have faced carpetbagging attacks because he currently works on Wall Street. | Richard Drew/AP Photo

If Mitt Romney ran, he would not have faced a clear path to reelection. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

Wexton, 55, called progressive supranuclear palsy “a kind of Parkinson's on steroids." | Alex Wong/Getty Images