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https://newrepublic.com/post/178184/good-sign-2024-florida-democrats-flip-republican-state-house-district

Florida Democrats have flipped a state House
seat in a special election, a sign that the
party may be more competitive than previously
thought come November.

Tom Keen defeated his Republican challenger,
Erika Booth, on Tuesday night, with a decisive
51.3 percent of the vote. The special election
had been prompted after former Republican state
Representative Fred Hawkins resigned last year
to become a state college president.

Orange and Osceola counties, which Keen now
represents, are almost evenly split among
Democratic, Republican, and independent voters.
Keen won between 65 and 70 percent of
independent voters, a crucial demographic.

“What actually clinched the win for Democrats
was this massive margin with [nonpartisan voters]
and perhaps some Republican moderates, as well,”
Democratic elections analyst Matt Isbell told
the Orlando Sentinel. “If anything, this should
be concerning for the GOP because it indicates a
voter anger that maybe they have not understood.”

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https://newrepublic.com/post/178184/good-sign-2024-florida-democrats-flip- >republican-state-house-district

Florida Democrats have flipped a state House
seat in a special election, a sign that the
party may be more competitive than previously
thought come November.

Tom Keen defeated his Republican challenger,
Erika Booth, on Tuesday night, with a decisive
51.3 percent of the vote. The special election
had been prompted after former Republican state
Representative Fred Hawkins resigned last year
to become a state college president.

Orange and Osceola counties, which Keen now
represents, are almost evenly split among
Democratic, Republican, and independent voters.
Keen won between 65 and 70 percent of
independent voters, a crucial demographic.

� oWhat actually clinched the win for Democrats
was this massive margin with [nonpartisan voters]
and perhaps some Republican moderates, as well,�
Democratic elections analyst Matt Isbell told
the Orlando Sentinel. � oIf anything, this should
be concerning for the GOP because it indicates a
voter anger that maybe they have not understood.�

Big Trump failure.

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