Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell ( ; born January 18, 1971)Florida New Members 2019, The Hill is an American politician and academic administrator. She was the U.S. representative for  from 2019 to 2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Mucarsel-Powell was the first Ecuadorian-American and first South American–born immigrant to serve as a member of the U.S. Congress. She lost her re-election bid in 2020 to Miami-Dade County mayor Carlos Giménez.

In August 2023, Mucarsel-Powell announced she would be running for the United States Senate in 2024 against incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Rick Scott. She won the Democratic nomination in August 2024. She lost the election to Scott in November 2024.

Mucarsel-Powell was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and raised in Miami, Florida. She immigrated to the United States when she was 14 years old with her mother and three older sisters.

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