Rick Scott is the toughest challenger Bill Nelson has faced for Florida Senate, but Nelson’s still a slight favorite

The US Senate race in the key swing state of Florida just got a lot more exciting when Republican Gov. Rick Scott announced that he is running. Scott is not expected to face any major primary competition in his bid to take on Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. …

Scott has never lost an election thanks to his ability to self-fund his own campaigns, and he’ll be the toughest competition that Nelson has faced since he was elected to the Senate in 2000.

But in a year in which Republicans are swimming upstream because Trump is unpopular, Scott may finally have met his match. CONT.

Harry Enten, CNN