Cherfilus-McCormick, who resigned from Congress under cloud, says she's running to regain seat
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Less than a month after she resigned from Congress in the face of a looming expulsion recommendation, former U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick said Monday she is a candidate to return to Washington.
Cherfilus-McCormick said she is seeking the Democratic nomination in the reconfigured 20th Congressional District, which is concentrated in central Broward County, after Florida Republicans changed the map of Florida congressional districts.
She said she isnt deterred by four other candidates who are already running or by the prospect that U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz might decide to run in the same district. Wasserman Schultzs Broward district was blown up by the new Republican reconfiguration of the congressional map.
The strongest candidate in the race is me, Cherfilus-McCormick said. I never said I wasnt running.
The former congresswoman made it clear she doesnt care for Wasserman Schultz, the senior Democratic member of Floridas congressional delegation. When she was first elected, in a 2022 special election to fill the vacancy left by the late U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, Cherfilus-McCormick said Wasserman Schultz was dismissive when she arrived in Washington.