Doubt Dems will be able to capitalize on this. When Murphy ran for Senate, most of the names floated were Palm Beach pols who could hypothetically move into the district; the two Democratic candidates included a foreclosure lawyer who literally threw people out of their homes in 2008, and a guy who somehow had an even more questionable legal history. Not a strong bench, even if the incumbent has a scandal.
Could Murphy run again?
It'd look sorta bad as most returnees to the House do, but it's possible. Mast will be fine. He's not my favorite (exhibit A of "emotional conservatism" at work) but he's pretty well-liked down there. Randy Perkins ran a particularly poor campaign.
I still favor Mrs. Negron but then again she was my bosses client so it's probably more out of loyalty than anything else. I still think Hasner should've ran in 2014 but it's probably too far away from his base of operations in Boca to have been worth it.
