We had 2 special elections for US Representatives in Florida, and Republicans won both races, which was not unexpected, but it was far closer than the demographics of this districts would indicate.
Two Trump-backed Republicans won special congressional elections in Florida on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, shoring up their party’s slim majority in the House at a crucial moment for President Trump’s domestic agenda.
Jimmy Patronis, the state’s chief financial officer, won the race to replace Matt Gaetz in the First Congressional District, on the western end of the Panhandle. With most of the vote counted late Tuesday, Mr. Patronis had won 57 percent.
As Gaetz getting 66.0% in the last election.
And State Senator Randy Fine captured the Sixth District seat that had been held by Michael Waltz, now Mr. Trump’s national security adviser. That district is rooted in Daytona Beach and parts of the northeast coast. Mr. Fine had 56.7 percent of the vote as of 9 p.m.
That's as against Waltz winning the district with 66.5%
This is more than a 10% swing toward the Democratic Party in both cases.
Heartening, but it's about 18 months until the 2026 elections.
More importantly to my mind is that Susan Crawford won the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court justicee against Elon Musk supported right-wing knuckle-dragger Brad Schimel.
This is important for a number of reasons:
- It means that Republicans will be limited in their ability to rat-f%$# redistricting and election laws.
- That Wisconsin's laws forbidding manufacturer owned car dealerships, which Musk has managed to secure waivers for in most (all?) of the other states, will likely remain on the books. (Almost every state requires that new cars be sold by independent dealers, and not the manufacturer)
The latter is important because it is a significant loss for Apartheid Era Emerald Heir Pedo Guy™ who spent millions on an ad blitz and paid hundreds of people for their votes.
The fact that his candidate lost by 11% is a mark of his complete toxicity as both a human being and a political figure.
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