Democrats ARE ON a Roll folks!
Including in Trump’s Palm Beach County Florida District!….
Democrats sent a jolt Tuesday through reliably red Florida, flipping two legislative seats including the district containing President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.
Democrat Emily Gregory defeated the Trump-endorsed GOP state House candidate in a hotly contested race that had seen Democrats pour money and support into an effort to take hold of the Palm Beach County district. But Democrats also narrowly squeaked out a win in a Tampa state senate seat that had been held by Lt. Gov. Jay Collins until last August.
The wins won’t change the overall control of the Florida Legislature’s Republican supermajority. But the victories were quickly heralded by state and national Democrats after years of GOP domination in the Sunshine State and even jokes from Gov. Ron DeSantis that the state party was practically dead. And Tuesday’s results add more tallies to a trend of Democrats flipping Republican-held seats in state legislatures across the country over the past 14 months….
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State election records show that Trump, as well as first lady Melania Trump and Trump’s son Barron, all voted by mail in the House District 87 election. Trump requested his mail-in ballot on March 14, just days after he insisted that the SAVE America Act include limits on mail-in voting. Trump on Monday, during a stop in Memphis, referred to voting by mail as “mail-in cheating.”….
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In the second massive upset of the night for Florida Democrats, Brian Nathan (D) flipped a state Senate seat that became vacant after Gov. Ron DeSantis tapped its previous occupant to serve as his lieutenant governor, The Downballot reports.
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