Posted on 05/08/2015 5:21:26 AM PDT by cotton1706
MIAMI — The Republican race for Florida’s soon-to-be open Senate seat has the potential makings of a primary bloodbath, pitting the establishment wing of the party and insurgent movement conservative groups against each other as they prepare to pick sides between Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Rep. Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis made his candidacy official Wednesday and unveiled the support of influential Washington conservative groups, one of which immediately bashed Lopez-Cantera, whose allies intend to start rolling out a leadership and super PAC in anticipation of a formal campaign announcement in coming weeks.
The friendly fire from Team DeSantis is a hallmark of some of these groups, and it isn’t lost on D.C. Republicans that many of his consultants and allies — Jamestown Associates, Senate Conservatives Fund and FreedomWorks — are the same crew that unsuccessfully backed now-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s 2014 Republican primary opponent.
“Many conservatives, many in the Senate are just not happy DeSantis has done this,” said one top-level Republican who’s familiar with the inner workings of the Senate GOP. “There are some people who are ready to give dollar-for-dollar to make sure any advantage DeSantis gets from these groups will be wiped out.”
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