Grayson, Alan M. (Alan Mark), 1958-

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li> 08/30/2022 FL US Senate - D Primary ???</li>
<li> 11/03/2020 FL District 06 Lost 0.01% (-60.60%)</li>
<li> 08/28/2018 FL District 09 - D Primary Lost 33.62% (-32.76%)</li>
<li> 08/30/2016 FL US Senate - D Primary Lost 17.70% (-41.25%)</li>
<li> 11/04/2014 FL - District 09 Won 53.97% (+10.86%)</li>
<li> 11/06/2012 FL District 9 Won 62.52% (+25.04%)</li>
<li> 11/02/2010 FL - District 08 Lost 38.22% (-17.90%)</li>
<li> 11/04/2008 FL District 8 Won 52.01% (+4.02%)</li>
<li> 08/26/2008 FL District 8 - D Primary Won 48.48% (+20.97%)</li>
<li> 09/04/2006 FL District 8 - D Primary Lost 36.34% (-11.39%)</li>
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<p><b>SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN</b>
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<li> 08/28/2018 FL District 15 - D Primary Lost 0.00% (-53.35%)</li>
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<p>Alan Mark Grayson (born March 13, 1958) is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 8th congressional district from 2009 to 2011 and Florida's 9th congressional district from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was defeated for reelection in 2010 by Republican Daniel Webster; he was then reelected in 2012 for a second, non-consecutive term in the U.S. House of Representatives in another district, defeating Republican Todd Long.</p>

<p>In 2016, Grayson decided not to run for reelection to his House seat in order to run for the U.S. Senate. He was defeated 59%–18% in the Democratic primary by fellow Representative Patrick Murphy, who went on to lose the general election to incumbent Republican Marco Rubio. In 2018, Grayson entered the race for the 9th congressional district. He was defeated in the Democratic primary by his successor Darren Soto, 66%–34%. On March 27, 2021, Grayson announced his candidacy for the 2022 U.S. Senate election to challenge Rubio.</p>

<p>Grayson was born in the Bronx, New York City, New York, to Dorothy Ann (née Sabin) and Daniel Franklin Grayson. He grew up in Adee Towers, a building financed by the Mitchell–Lama Housing Program, and graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1975, and he also attended the Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics program. Grayson worked his way through Harvard College as a janitor and nightwatchman, and also features reporter for Boston Phoenix. He graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a Special Concentration in Urban Studies in 1978. After working two years as an economist, he returned to Harvard for graduate studies. In 1983, he earned a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School and a M.P.P. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He also completed all coursework and the comprehensive examination for a Ph.D. in government.</p>

GRAYSON, Alan, a Representative from Florida; born in the Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., March 13, 1958; graduated from Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, N.Y.; A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1978; M.P.P., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1983; J.D, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1983; assistant, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C.; lawyer, private practice; businessman; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress (January 3, 2009-January 3, 2011); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2013-January 3, 2017); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress in 2016, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020.