Democrats Flip Florida Statehouse Seat That Includes Trump's Mar-A-Lago
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The party's run of success in special elections across the country over the past year continues even in Republican dominated Florida.
Florida Democrats Tuesday flipped a Republican-leaning statehouse seat that includes President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and which he had won by double digits just 16 months ago.
First-time candidate Emily Gregory defeated Jon Maples, a former commissioner of an area town who did not live in the district heading into the election, but who won Trump’s endorsement even before the January primary.
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It was not enough. Gregory won the votes cast by mail and in early in-person voting by 3,000 votes, enough to hold off the 2,200-margin that Maples won with votes cast on Tuesday.
Florida Democrats also appeared to flip a state Senate in the Tampa area by about 500 votes.
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