A rebellion against leadership by some Florida House Democrats burst into the open Friday, three days after the party lost six seats in the midterm elections and gave Republicans a supermajority in the chamber.

Rep. Dwayne Taylor, D-Daytona Beach, confirmed that he would challenge incoming House Minority Leader Mark Pafford, D-West Palm Beach, at a caucus meeting scheduled for Nov. 17, one day before of the Legislature’s organizational session. Pafford was slated to be formally elected to the position during that meeting.

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