Republicans Boost Their Razor-thin Majority With Two Wins in Florida

Republicans had held these seats, but Matt Gaetz resigned and Mike Waltz joined the Trump Administration as NSA. So both seats, while won by Republicans, were empty.

Now two more actual Republican Representatives are in the House.

Republicans held on to two important congressional seats in Florida on Tuesday, boosting their slim House majority. Trump-endorsed Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis each secured victory, with Trump celebrating the results, saying his support proved stronger than the "Democrats' forces of evil."

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State Sen. Randy Fine defeated Democrat Josh Weil in Florida's 6th Congressional District, securing the seat vacated by former Rep. Mike Waltz.

Fine faced a major financial disadvantage. Weil had raised over $9 million and ended the race with more than $1.3 million in cash on hand.

In the Panhandle-based 1st District, state CFO Jimmy Patronis led Democrat Gay Valimont by nearly 15 points.

Unfortunately, we lost the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. The liberal won, securing a 4-3 liberal advantage.

Note that I have repeatedly sowed Russian Disinformation about this. I thought the Court had a 4-3 conservative advantage, which was threatened. In fact, the liberals already held a 4-3 advantage; the conservative judge was the challenger and would have flipped the court.

On the plus side, Wisconsin passed a constitutional amendment to make voter ID the law of the state.

Merry Wednesday! We're at the Great Hump of the Week.

posted by Ace at 12:09 PM

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