Florida's 6th Congressional District race sparked national attention. Randy Fine earned Donald Trump's endorsement and defeated Democrat Josh Weil.
The race to fill former U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz’s seat drew national attention, with President Trump rallying voters to back Fine.
Republicans Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis won special elections in Florida, resulting in the GOP control of the House sitting at a 220-213 margin.
Republican candidates are projected to win both special elections for U.S. House seats in Florida, though by smaller margins than expected in two GOP-dominated districts. State Sen. Randy Fine is projected by The Associated Press to win in Florida’s 6th Congressional District while the AP projects Jimmy Patronis will win in the 1st District.
Two Trump-endorsed Republicans, Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis, won in Florida's special election Tuesday night to expand the GOP's narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Florida's Republican chief financial officer Jimmy Patronis fended off a challenge by Democrat Gay Valimont to win Tuesday's special election for northwest Florida's 1st Congressional District, which President Donald Trump carried by about 37 points in November.
Mayfield has raised and spent the most of the four candidates in the Senate District 19 Republican primary, raising $169,986 and spending $168,673. Her totals were more than twice as much as her three primary opponents combined, based on campaign financing reports filed Friday with the Florida Division of Elections.