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Fine was leading Democrat Josh Weil 54%-46% when the NBC News Decision Desk called the race with 73% of the expected vote in.
From NBC News
Florida state Sen. Randy Fine won Tuesday’s special election for a vacant congressional seat that the president carried by 30 points less than five months ago.
From Seattle Times
The special election for the 1st District took place alongside the special election for the 6th Congressional District on the other side of Florida.
From Yahoo
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The House minority leader accused Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas of holding up a special election to keep the Republicans’ slim majority steady.
Since Trump first took office in 2017, Federal Election Commission records show control of a House seat flipped less than 15% of the time in a special election.
One month after Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner's death, Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has yet to call a special election to fill his seat.
The Badger State hosts the nation's most expensive court race to date, while the Sunshine State seeks to fill two House seats in deep red districts.
Already, Democrats have fared well in special elections since Mr. Trump's inauguration. On average, they’ve run 12 percentage points ahead of Kamala Harris’s showing across 11 special elections, according to data collected by The Downballot. This includes flipping two reliably Republican districts in Iowa and Pennsylvania.