MicroWave1d ago

Democrat flips Republican-held Florida state House district that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

https://lemmy.world/post/44707272

Democrat flips Republican-held Florida state House district that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago - Lemmy.World

Democrat Emily Gregory narrowly won the special election for the district Tuesday night, The Associated Press projects. Trump carried the area in 2024. Democrat Emily Gregory won a special election Tuesday for the Florida state House district that includes Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, flipping the seat from Republican control, The Associated Press projects. Gregory beat Republican Jon Maples, whom Trump endorsed, in the race for a seat that has been vacant since August, when Mike Caruso resigned from the Legislature and was appointed Palm Beach County clerk. Gregory had 51% of the vote to 49% for Maples with all precincts reporting. Democrats have performed well in special elections during Trump’s second term, with the party pointing to those results as a sign of strength ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Florida’s 87th District is the 10th GOP-held state legislative seat Democrats have flipped around the country since Trump took office again last year. Republicans have not flipped any Democratic state legislative seats during that time.

Show threaddanc44981d ago
God I hope this is a sign for the midterms.
Show threadBarneyPiccolo

It’s one sign, but there have been many others. Something like 28 MAGA seats have flipped to Democrats in special elections, while no Democrat seats have flipped. MAGA can’t buy a win.

Yesterday, the Dems flipped Trump’s own district. Some are saying it was indies, not MAGAs, or the MAGAs didn’t vote, or nobody votes in these special elections, yadda-yadda, but the bottom line is:

Trump’s own home district flipped from MAGA to Democrat, in a decisive win in which his own wealthy neighbors voted AGAINST him. That’s YUGE.

Mar 25 at 2:43pmWeb