Florida special election: Republican Randy Fine wins Waltz's former House seat

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Fine takes Trump adviser's seat despite Democrat Josh Weil putting up stiff challenge in Trump-dominated district Republican Randy Fine won a special election Tuesday for a House seat in Florida vacated by Donald Trump's national security adviser, Mike Waltz, although Democrats are likely to perform better in the Republican district than they did in November. Democratic candidate Josh Weil put up a stiff challenge in the eastern coastal district that Trump carried by 30 percentage points in the November elections, but the AP called the race for Fine early on Tuesday evening.
47% : Last week, a Democrat won an upset victory in a state senate race in Pennsylvania and the Trump administration a day later withdrew their nomination of congresswoman Elise Stefanik as UN ambassador, a decision widely seen as fueled by concern over creating another vacant House seat.
45% : The former Democrat said he supported Trump and key ally Elon Musk.
41% : In Florida, Democrats were holding out hope for a surprise victory in the eastern coastal seat vacated by Waltz, who resigned after Trump appointed him national security adviser.
12% : A second special election in Florida for the seat vacated by Republican Matt Gaetz, who resigned after Trump nominated him for attorney general only to drop out amid reports of sexual misconduct and drug use or possession, has not yet been called.

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