Democrats spending millions to try to unseat Republicans in two Florida special elections

Associated Press

Mar 28, 2025

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Democrats spending millions to try to unseat Republicans in two Florida special elections

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Democrats are pouring millions of dollars into two special elections in Florida in hopes of accomplishing the improbable by flipping a pair of Trump-friendly congressional seats and carving into Republicans’ narrow 218 to 213 majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Voters in Florida’s 1st and 6th Congressional Districts will be among the first to put the new administration to an electoral test in the April 1 special elections to fill seats once held by former Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz who were both tapped to join the Trump administration.

Gaetz withdrew from consideration to be attorney-general amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

Democrats Gay Valimont in the 1st District and Josh Weil in the 6th District have both far outraised and outspent their Trump-backed Republican competitors, in districts the president won by 30 points or more in 2024.

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, who’s running in the 1st District, and state Sen. Randy Fine in the 6th District have both campaigned as staunch allies of the president, who endorsed them in the primary.

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