ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Republicans Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine won special elections Tuesday in two Florida congressional districts, bolstered by President Donald Trump’s endorsement to fill vacant seats in reliably Republican strongholds.
Patronis, the state’s chief financial officer, fended off a challenge from Democrat Gay Valimont even though she far outraised and outspent him. He will fill the northwest Florida 1st District seat vacated by former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who was chosen to be Trump’s attorney general but withdrew from consideration amid allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied.
I honestly do find it surprising that so many people still think Republicans are a viable option. Even in their magat bubbles they must by now be seeing the absolute rot in the party that is Diaper Donnie.
It’s Florida. This was predetermined, but the fact that it wasn’t a landslide is actually significant. Populism gave him the office, populism can take it away. He’s trying desperately to take the power away from the people who put him there and they’re finally noticing. We can be angry at those people all we want, but it will be far more productive to find a coalition with them than to resent and perpetually admonish them.
Surprising
nobodyDemocrats.surprising what?
Surprising the Democrats that the Republicans won. In Republican districts. In Florida.
Not surprising anyone else.
Up until these special elections the Democrats were all about “Three seats! We only have to flip THREE!”
I should have added an /s.
It was a bad joke, as in democrats are yet to do any meaningful work to prevent the overthrow of the government, they are kind of invisible and passive in regards to all the mischief and crimes committed by the current administration.
I agreed with your statement.
None of the left-leaning pollsters I heard ever thought that these seats would flip. They were more interested in the margins.
And 30% to 15% is quite significant.
