During the campaign, Graber, who had unsuccessfully run for this seat in 1996 and 2008, emphasized his progressive policies, favoring "universal health care and opposition to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

"[2] Deutch, meanwhile, focused on his "ability to get things done" in the Republican-dominated state legislature and his concern about the national security threat posed by Iran.

[2] Former Congressman Wexler, along with then-Congressmen Alcee Hastings, Ron Klein, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, endorsed Deutch, who ended up winning the primary by a wide margin.

He explained that since he was not very active politically prior to running for office, he was unaware that the DMV automatically registered him through a system called "motor voter".

Lynch attacked the recently passed Affordable Care Act as a "government takeover" of healthcare, while Deutch said that he would have voted for the bill.