Thanks to Florida Republicans’ aggressive redistricting, the GOP is expected to gain several seats in Congress in this state alone. And most of those will be held by Trump-supporting Republicans, including some of the most far-right congressional candidates anywhere.than in the Orlando suburbs. Rep. Stephanie Murphy , a member of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, currently represents the area.
In central Florida, far-right Laura Loomer didn’t win, but she came close to unseating Rep. Daniel Webster , who is no slouch when it comes to Trumpism. Loomer has said that Muslims shouldn’t drive Ubers and that some mass shootings or victims were staged, and she came within a few points of unseating a sitting member of Congress.Rep. Matt Gaetz , a vocal Trump supporter, won his primary. He was facing a challenger who campaigned on2.
For that reason, political observers have been laser-focused on who would win a special election Tuesday in Upstate New York. It’s a rare special election — meaning voters were choosing between a Republican and a Democrat — in a swing district with urban and rural voters. Both candidates were relentlessly on message for their party’s respective national themes. And in the end, Democrat Pat Ryan won, which some considered an upset over Republican Marc Molinaro.
“Democrats thought they would be able to count on New York more than we might be able to produce for the party,” Basil Smikle, the former executive director of the New York State Democratic Party, said in an interview.Democrats haven’t held a Senate seat in Florida in four years; they haven’t held the governor’s mansion there in 24 years.