Randy Fine beats Josh Weil in Mike Waltz’s former district, and Jimmy Patronis wins seat vacated by Matt Gaetz
Republicans on Tuesday won special elections for two US House of Representatives seats in Florida vacated by Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, dashing Democratic hopes for an upset victory in the first federal special elections held since the president began his second term.
But Democratic candidates Josh Weil and Gay Valimont are likely to lose the solidly red districts by much smaller margins than the more than 30 points that Democrats lost the districts by in November.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/republicans-florida-special-elections-results
Author : Chris Stein in Washington and Ashley Spencer in Daytona Beach
Publish date : 2025-04-02 00:40:00
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