Jennifer Jenkins, who excited and heartened Democrats when she defeated a conservative School Board member, is now taking on a much bigger challenge for herself and her party: running for U.S. Senate in Florida.

Jenkins announced her candidacy Wednesday, challenging appointed U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla. She also offered criticism of Gov. Ron DeSantis, who put Moody in the job, and President Donald Trump.

As a Democratic candidate for statewide office in Florida, Jenkins’ path to victory is, at best, difficult. Florida voters are becoming more and more Republican and Democrats have a long losing streak in major statewide elections.

“I’m not going to lie,” she said. “I don’t think it’s going to be easy. I think we would be foolish to say that.”

“But I do believe that there is a really

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