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Liberal Firebrand Alan Grayson Wants Back In Congress

Former Congressman Alan Grayson has announced he wants to return to Washington, D.C. The liberal firebrand - once said on the floors of Congress about a Republican plan to overturn ObamaCare, "Don't get sick. And if you do get sick, die quickly."

He plans to take on incumbent Democrat Darren Soto in Congressional District 9, which includes northeast Polk and Osceola counties and parts of Orlando. WUSF's Steve Newborn talks with Grayson about why he's opposed by the Democratic Party establishment.

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Steve Newborn is a WUSF reporter and producer at WUSF covering environmental issues and politics in the Tampa Bay area.
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