ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Former state attorney Aramis Ayala is exploring a run for U.S. Senate in an attempt to flip one of Florida’s two seats currently held by Republicans.
Ayala, a Democrat, was previously the state attorney for the Ninth Judicial District of Florida which includes Orange and Osceola counties.
She did not run for re-election this past November and now Monique Worrell holds the top prosecutor seat. The former prosecutor announced she is considering a run for U.S.
Senate in a video posted to a new website, armaisayala.com. “You may know me as a lover of truth and justice, a principled fighter for what is right,” she says in the video. “Someone who bases decisions on facts and evidence.