{"id":16311,"date":"2025-03-30T10:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T10:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-competitive-race-for-mike-waltzs-seat-rattles-republicans\/"},"modified":"2025-03-30T10:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T10:11:12","slug":"a-competitive-race-for-mike-waltzs-seat-rattles-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-competitive-race-for-mike-waltzs-seat-rattles-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"A Competitive Race for Mike Waltz\u2019s Seat Rattles Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Frank Curnow, a retired Navy veteran, had a question for the Republican Party volunteers at an early voting site in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Why, he asked, were some polls suggesting a tight race for the open seat in his reliably conservative congressional district, Florida\u2019s Sixth?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThat\u2019s not good,\u201d said Mr. Curnow, 77, a registered Republican who voted for the party\u2019s candidate, State Senator Randy Fine, because \u201che carries the Trump banner.\u201d The race, he added, \u201cis critical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Voters in the district, which includes the stretch of coast between St. Augustine and Daytona Beach, overwhelmingly voted for President Trump. But <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/28\/us\/elections\/florida-house-special-election-turnout.html\" title=\"\">on Tuesday, they will cast ballots<\/a> in what seems to be an unusually competitive contest to replace former Representative Michael Waltz, who stepped down to become Mr. Trump\u2019s national security adviser.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Fine, who is facing Josh Weil, a Democrat and public school employee, is still widely favored to win. But with Republicans clinging to their House majority by just a few seats, it was clear this week that voters in the district are thinking about what the outcome of the race \u2014 and of another race for former Representative Matt Gaetz\u2019s seat in the Florida Panhandle \u2014 could mean for Mr. Trump\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s important that we keep the seats,\u201d said Doreen Colby, 74, a registered Republican who lives in Daytona Beach. \u201cWe want to make sure Trump can keep doing what he\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After tapping Mr. Waltz and Mr. Gaetz for his cabinet, Mr. Trump quickly endorsed candidates to replace them. (Mr. Gaetz later withdrew from consideration as attorney general, but had already resigned from Congress.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But while Jimmy Patronis, Florida\u2019s chief financial officer, is expected to coast to victory in Mr. Gaetz\u2019s former district, which is extremely conservative, some Republicans have expressed concern about the Sixth District race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There are nearly twice as many registered Republicans as Democrats in the district, which Mr. Trump won in November by a two-to-one margin. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe have a candidate that I don\u2019t think is winning,\u201d Stephen K. Bannon, Mr. Trump\u2019s former chief strategist, said of Mr. Fine last week on his \u201cWar Room\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Thursday, Mr. Trump held a telephone town hall for Mr. Fine, stressing his loyalty to the administration\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s not overstating things to say that your agenda is at stake in this election, and this district can\u2019t let you down,\u201d Mr. Fine told the president during the event. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Only one Democrat \u2014 former Senator Bill Nelson \u2014 has won the district in a federal race since 1989. Both Gov. Ron DeSantis, who held the seat from 2013 to 2018, and Mr. Waltz, who succeeded him, won it by double-digit margins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In interviews this week, loyal Republicans in the district were largely complimentary of Mr. Trump\u2019s first few months in office. They praised him for his aggressive immigration enforcement and applauded the deep cuts to the federal work force. .<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Their vote for Mr. Fine, they said, would send a message that Mr. Trump\u2019s actions so far are what they wanted. Leaders in both parties \u201call talk about making cuts but none of them do it, and Trump is the first one to actually do it,\u201d said Greg Bohr, 74, a Palm Coast retiree. \u201cMy theory is, give the guy a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For Democrats, despairing over how little legislative opposition Mr. Trump has faced, the special election is a chance to voice their displeasure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI\u2019ve got to do something,\u201d said Marcia Hopkins, 63. Before driving to cast her vote for Mr. Weil, she said she asked the construction crew working on her condominium if they had voted and offered them rides to a polling place. (No one took her up on it.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Pointing to Mr. Fine\u2019s high praise for Mr. Trump, Paul Hunt, 61, who works in real estate in DeLand, said of the candidate: \u201cI don\u2019t care if he was saving Bambi \u2014 based upon his affiliation, that tells me everything I need to know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Of Mr. Weil, whose campaign workers directly reached out to him, Mr. Hunt said, \u201cHe\u2019s running at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">By Friday, Mr. Weil received an endorsement from Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Weil, a public school teacher for a decade, has said if elected, he would prioritize expanding access to health care and education. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Weil has also emphasized his objections to cutting the federal work force and government assistance programs; nearly <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/mycd\/?st=12&amp;cd=06\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a third of the district\u2019s population<\/a> qualifies for Social Security. He has also worked to convince conservative voters that he would be a voice for them, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPeople want a representative who will actually serve and represent them,\u201d Mr. Weil said in an interview at Stetson University in DeLand. \u201cThey don\u2019t need 200 carbon copies of a Republican Party clone all moving in lock step.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">By mid-March, Mr. Weil had brought in nearly $10 million, while Mr. Fine had raised less than $1 million. In the final week of the campaign, outside Republican groups have poured more than $1 million into television advertising for Mr. Fine; Elon Musk and his allies have pitched in money, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Despite the national investment and high-profile visits, officials in both parties are cautioning against parsing the race\u2019s outcome for hints of how the electorate is feeling about Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Should Mr. Fine not do as well as other Republicans have in the district, Mr. DeSantis told reporters on Tuesday, \u201cThat is not a reflection of President Trump \u2014 it\u2019s a reflection of the specific candidate running in that race.\u201d (Mr. Fine <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2023\/oct\/23\/donald-trump-has-never-let-us-down\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">endorsed Mr. Trump<\/a> over Mr. DeSantis in the Republican presidential primary last year.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The race drew more attention last week after the editor of The Atlantic revealed that Mr. Waltz had accidentally <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/war-plans-signal-chat-what-to-know.html\" title=\"\">included him in a group chat<\/a> on the encrypted messaging app Signal, in which plans for attacks against Houthi rebels in Yemen were shared and discussed. Mr. Waltz has faced calls for his resignation, given the sensitivity of the military plans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There is little indication, however, that the issue would register in the special election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some voters who supported Mr. Waltz in past elections downplayed what they perceived as an honest, if not slightly embarrassing, mistake. Others expressed confusion about what exactly had transpired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI have no idea what Signal is,\u201d said Michelle Moyer, 49, who helps run her family\u2019s wholesale sleigh bell business in South Daytona and voted for Mr. Waltz in November. What was more important, she said, was \u201cfilling Waltz\u2019s seat with someone who is like-minded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI appreciate that the country is going in the right direction,\u201d she said, and Mr. Fine \u201cagrees with the policies Trump is putting in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Thursday, Republican volunteers at the Daytona Beach polling place where Mr. Curnow voted kept a watchful eye on the early voting numbers. A man driving by rolled down his window to tell them that Representative Elise Stefanik of New York would stay in her seat, at Mr. Trump\u2019s request, instead of becoming his ambassador to the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cYay,\u201d Gisela Klobucar, one of the lead volunteers, said, clapping in reaction to the news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">She added, \u201cWe have one more person on our side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Eric Adelson<!-- --> contributed reporting from DeLand, Fla., and <!-- -->Abigail Geiger<!-- --> from Palm Coast, Fla. <!-- -->Theodore Schleifer<!-- --> and <!-- -->Ruth Igielnik<!-- --> contributed reporting from Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World 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