GOP, Randy Fine and Florida
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Florida state Sen. Randy Fine won Tuesday’s special election for a vacant congressional seat that the president carried by 30 points less than five months ago.
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Republican candidates are projected to win two special elections in Florida on Tuesday, according to U.S. media organizations, boosting Republicans' slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives...
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While Democrats failed to steer the conservative districts onto their side, they did win much more support in both districts than they had in the recent 2024 elections.
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The Republican candidate is running for the seat that National Security Adviser Michael Waltz won by 33 points in November.
Ron DeSantis intensified attacks on Randy Fine Wednesday, blaming Fine's "unique problems" for a narrow special election win in a Republican stronghold district.
Randy Fine faces Democrat Josh Weil, Libertarian Andrew Parrott and Randall Terry, a non-partisan candidate. For 6th District voters, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday in Flagler and Putnam counties,
Gov. Ron DeSantis cast some last-minute aspersions against the congressional campaign of state Sen. Randy Fine, suggesting there was room to question why President Donald Trump endorsed him in Florida’s 6th Congressional District.
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Mediaite on MSNTrump Torches Democrat for Letting Child Molesters ‘Off Easy’ and Touts GOP Owner of ‘Iconic Seafood Restaurant’ in Election Day Truth Social BenderPresident Donald Trump pounded the digital pavement for Republican candidates on Tuesday morning as voters head to the polls. The post Trump Torches Democrat for Letting Child Molesters ‘Off Easy’ and Touts GOP Owner of ‘Iconic Seafood Restaurant’ in Election Day Truth Social Bender first appeared on Mediaite.
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Fine was being out-fundraised by Josh Weil, a teacher who is the Democratic nominee. The GOP shouldn’t have to rescue an experienced Trump-backed candidate against an educator, but that’s what’s happening.
Despite administration efforts to disqualify her, Mayfield before Tuesday spent more than all Primary opponents combined.
Florida Democrats and Republicans may have both gotten what they need from special congressional elections Tuesday in red-dominant districts.