{"id":16521,"date":"2025-03-31T12:02:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T12:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-special-election-that-was-supposed-to-be-a-snoozer-is-suddenly-buzzing\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T12:02:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T12:02:18","slug":"a-special-election-that-was-supposed-to-be-a-snoozer-is-suddenly-buzzing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-special-election-that-was-supposed-to-be-a-snoozer-is-suddenly-buzzing\/","title":{"rendered":"A Special Election That Was Supposed to Be a Snoozer Is Suddenly Buzzing"},"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\">Two special congressional elections on Tuesday in Florida were supposed to have been cakewalks for the Republican Party. Instead, one contest has turned into the unlikely scene of a multimillion-dollar spending brawl \u2014 and of pre-election finger-pointing on the right over how the race ever became a race at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The seat, in Florida\u2019s Sixth Congressional District, was most recently occupied by Michael Waltz, who resigned to serve as President Trump\u2019s national security adviser and who has found himself in the middle <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/war-plans-signal-chat-what-to-know.html\" title=\"\">of the Signal-leak episode<\/a>. It was not remotely competitive last fall when Mr. Waltz coasted to victory by 33 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Yet Democrats are now pressing to turn this deep-red district around Daytona Beach into \u2014 if not an actual victory \u2014 a symbol of much-needed momentum by cutting deeply into the district\u2019s typical G.O.P. margin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The race\u2019s surprising competitiveness has already affected Mr. Trump\u2019s cabinet. Last week, he announced he was withdrawing his appointment of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/27\/us\/politics\/stefanik-trump-cabinet.html\" title=\"\">Representative Elise Stefanik<\/a> as his United Nations ambassador, saying the move was partly to avoid another special election later this year for her seat, which is less solidly Republican than Mr. Waltz\u2019s old one.<\/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\">\u201cI didn\u2019t want to take a chance,\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-reveals-why-he-pulled-stefaniks-un-ambassador-nomination-cannot-take-chance\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Trump said<\/a> on Friday in the Oval Office. For now, Republicans have only 218 seats in the House, with four vacancies, two of which are in solidly Democratic districts. It is a razor-thin margin to attempt to pass the president\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/27\/trump-elise-stefanik-nomination-un\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">private polls<\/a> have shown Mr. Trump\u2019s pick in the Sixth District race, State Senator Randy Fine, a Republican, facing a real contest against Josh Weil, the 40-year-old Democratic nominee who has been a public-school teacher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Weil has drawn attention for his outsize fund-raising, collecting nearly $9.5 million as of mid-March. To close that cash gap, Mr. Fine donated $600,000 to his campaign in late March. His last cash report showed a paltry $93,000 on hand, compared with $1.3 million for Mr. Weil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cYou never know what happens in a case like that,\u201d Mr. Trump said of the spending disparity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Low-turnout special elections are often unpredictable. And over-interpreting what the results mean for future elections, when far more voters will turn out, can be perilous. In recent years, Democrats have fared strongly in these elections, including <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/26\/us\/politics\/special-election-pennsylvania-state-senate-trump-malone-parsons.html\" title=\"\">a Pennsylvania State Senate contest this month<\/a>, largely because the voters who reliably show up are likelier to be Democrats.<\/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\">But an especially narrow margin on Tuesday could affect governing in the House and Mr. Trump\u2019s agenda if it spooks Republicans who have so far proved <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/11\/us\/politics\/house-stopgap-funding-bill-vote-government-shutdown.html\" title=\"\">unusually aligned<\/a> with the president and one another.<\/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\">\u201cThey seem to be panicking,\u201d Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the top Democrat in the House, said last week at the Capitol, calling it \u201canother sign that the Republicans are on the run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The other special election is in Florida\u2019s First Congressional District, for the old seat of Matt Gaetz, the Republican former congressman who was Mr. Trump\u2019s choice to serve as attorney general before withdrawing late last year. That race, which has been viewed as less competitive, features Jimmy Patronis, a Republican who is the state\u2019s chief financial officer, and Gay Valimont, a Democratic gun control activist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Gaetz said that his party would win both contests and that splashy fund-raising figures for Democrats were no match for the immutable dynamics of the districts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cOf course, they\u2019re jazzed about their fund-raising,\u201d he said. \u201cBut, honestly, I think that donating to losing candidates is less about winning the election and more about personal therapy.\u201d<\/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\">So far, more than $5 million has been spent on television advertising in the race, according to data from AdImpact, a media-tracking firm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But despite Mr. Weil\u2019s fund-raising haul, he has actually been outspent on the airwaves nearly four-to-one, thanks to support for Mr. Fine from super PACs, including one tied to the crypto industry. A large share of Mr. Weil\u2019s cash has gone to fund-raising costs and other expenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As of Friday, pro-Fine and Republican television spending was set to be around $4.1 million, compared with only $1.3 million in favor of Mr. Weil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The biggest super PACs for House Republicans and Democrats have so far stayed on the sidelines, and so has Mr. Trump\u2019s super PAC, even though the group has continued to raise cash aggressively since his election, including $1 million-a-head donor dinners at Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump did hold tele-town halls for both Florida races last Thursday, and Elon Musk\u2019s super PAC has started to spend a small sum for Mr. Fine in recent days. Donald Trump Jr. has recorded a radio ad linking Mr. Fine to his father.<\/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\">A spokesman for Mr. Fine, Bryan Piligra, said the state senator would win \u201cbecause of the strength of the Trump agenda and the faith the American people have in him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Weil said in a statement that \u201cthe success of this campaign is a resounding message to our current administration and unelected oligarch Elon Musk of the people\u2019s feelings regarding the dismantling of essential systems the American people rely on to survive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Few Democrats are predicting a victory. But they are hoping to turn the contest into an early example of backlash to Mr. Trump. Over the weekend, Ken Martin, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, traveled to the Sixth District to draw further attention to the race after attending a donor retreat elsewhere in Florida.<\/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\">For both parties, pre-spinning of the result has been in full force, with some national leaders questioning Mr. Fine\u2019s effectiveness as a campaigner.<\/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\">Representative Richard Hudson of North Carolina, who leads the campaign arm of House Republicans, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/gop-leaders-raise-alarm-bells-florida-special-election-red-district-rcna197871\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told reporters<\/a> at the Capitol last week, \u201cI would have preferred if our candidate had raised money at a faster rate and gotten on TV quicker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Fine had told House Republican leaders early on about the Democratic fund-raising edge but felt the warnings fell on deaf ears, according to a person briefed on the conversations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republican of Florida, who once represented the Sixth District, cast Mr. Fine, without naming him, as the problem, urging observers not to draw broader conclusions about Mr. Trump or the national political climate from the potential closeness of the contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey\u2019re going to try to lay that at the feet of President Trump,\u201d Mr. DeSantis <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KickboxerEsq\/status\/1904546875073601981\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said last week<\/a>. \u201cThat is not a reflection of President Trump. It is a reflection of the specific candidate running in that race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">(Mr. DeSantis and Mr. Fine have their own history. Mr. Fine <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/10\/24\/randy-fine-desantis-ally-endorses-trump\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">switched his endorsement<\/a> from Mr. DeSantis to Mr. Trump during the 2024 presidential primary, accusing the governor of insufficiently battling antisemitism.)<\/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\">Still, Mr. DeSantis said it would be \u201calmost impossible with someone with an R by their name to lose that district.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The ad campaign for Mr. Fine has sought to yoke him to the president as closely as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPresident Trump needs Randy Fine in Congress,\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/host2.adimpact.com\/admo\/viewer\/5d1180fd-3b26-45ed-b3ec-d7f5d24339e8\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">says the narrator<\/a> in one recent pro-Fine ad that focuses almost exclusively on linking the two men. \u201cFlorida approved. Trump endorsed. Stand with Trump. Vote Randy Fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One of Mr. Weil\u2019s ads blisters Mr. Fine with <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/host2.adimpact.com\/admo\/viewer\/e01fdc45-5105-4ed4-abe2-7343047a4294\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a dizzying array of accusations<\/a>, calling him \u201cviolent,\u201d \u201ccorrupt,\u201d \u201cradical,\u201d \u201cdangerous,\u201d \u201cunhinged\u201d and \u201canti-American\u201d \u2014 all in 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a sign of just how solidly Republican the seat has been, neither party\u2019s national congressional campaign arm even conducted polling ahead of the contest, according to people briefed on their operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cDespite Democrats\u2019 lighting their money on fire, Randy Fine will be a member of Congress,\u201d said Mike Marinella, a spokesman for House Republicans\u2019 campaign arm, the National Republican Congressional Committee. \u201cEverything else is just noise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Theodore Schleifer<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/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 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<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/31\/us\/politics\/florida-special-election-fine-weil.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two special congressional elections on Tuesday in Florida were supposed to have been cakewalks for the Republican Party. 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