Jared Moskowitz floated as possible Ashley Moody challenger in 2028 after Angie Nixon’s blue bid fell short: ‘Interesting’

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) on Thursday kept the door open to mounting a bid to flip Florida’s Senate seat blue in 2028, after attracting notice for holding on to his House seat earlier this week despite attacks from both the Right and Left.Moskowitz clinched reelection Tuesday by nearly 5 percentage points, defeating Republican Scott Singer despite the GOP seeking to capture the seat by redrawing the Democrat’s district, and spending record amounts to oust him in one of the most expensive House races nationwide. Recommended Stories That performance, along with the ability Moskowitz showed in his primary to beat socialist-leaning Democrats wielding rising power in the party, though more unpopular in red Florida, has supporters hoping he could be the man to oust Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) in 2028. Though Florida has shown solid red tendencies in recent years, Democrats view Moody as vulnerable, given she won her Senate bid Tuesday against Angie Nixon by under 3 points, after her Republican predecessor won the seat by over 16 points. Fresh off his Tuesday win in Florida’s 25th Congressional District, Moskowitz declined to rule out a Senate bid in two years, when pressed on the matter by Politico’s Playbook.“My election was literally yesterday, I’m focused completely on delivering for the American people … but that is interesting,” he said.Moskowitz has sought to maintain a centrist image in Florida, voting at times with Republicans on issues such as the border, including in 2025, when he broke with his party to back the Laken Riley Act and crack down on illegal immigrants charged with crimes.DOJ SENDS TARGET LETTERS TO MARC ELIAS AND OTHER DEMOCRATS OVER DECOY DAN SULLIVAN CANDIDACYIn the latest election, Singer sought to convince Hispanic and Latino voters in the district who “fled” socialism and communism that Moskowitz is aligned with a party headed that direction.But Moskowitz has distanced himself from the growing socialist wing of the Democratic Party. In August, he said that political influencer Hasan Piker and other socialists “can’t coexist with me,” during an interview on Fox Business Network’s Varney & Co.