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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 Associated Press News
Randy Fine was going to Congress. But the Florida Legislature will be better place without Fine’s bullying, bluster and browbeating of witnesses.
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Republican state Sen. Randy Fine has prevailed in a special congressional election in Florida on Tuesday, NBC News projects, though the race is shaping up to be closer than November’s results in the deeply Republican district.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticized newly elected Congressman Randy Fine, alleging Fine's personality led to an underwhelming victory. DeSantis claimed Fine's stance on gun control and immigration alienated Republican voters, necessitating intervention from President Trump.
When the results for Tuesday's special election in Florida came in, Democrat Gay Valimont had fallen short of winning a congressional seat that few thought she had a chance to claim.
Ron DeSantis intensified attacks on Randy Fine Wednesday, blaming Fine's "unique problems" for a narrow special election win in a Republican stronghold district.
ORMOND BEACH – On Tuesday, Randy Fine woke up without a job for the first time in more than eight years. On Wednesday, though, that gap in employment will cease, as boards a plane for Washington as Florida's newly elected 6th District member of the U.S ...
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