GOP Senate Hopeful Adam Hasner: 'We're in This Race to Stay'

Former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner issued a statement on Wednesday aftera poll from Quinnipiac University found him taking 2 percent in the Republican primary to challenge Democrat U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson -- putting him in fourth place, far behind U.S. Rep. Connie Mack who leads with 39 percent.

"We know this is a long campaign and a tough uphill battle, Hasner said before taking a shot at Nelson, Mack and another Republican rival, former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux. We're up against three Washington politicians who have no trouble raising money from Washington special interests. But we're in this race to stay because we know that replacing Bill Nelson with another Washington politician isn't enough. We need limited-government conservatives in Washington who will stand up to the establishment in both parties and fight to save our country."