Live results: Florida special elections to replace Gaetz and Waltz

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

78% : Trump and Waltz performed best in Putnam County, where they both received about 74 percent of the vote.
42% : Trump received about 68 percent of the district vote in 2024, slightly outperforming the 66 percent Gaetz received in his reelection bid.
30% : Waltz slightly outperformed Trump in every county in the district.
26% : Escambia is the least Republican in comparison, although Trump and Gaetz still received 59 percent and 57 percent of the county vote, respectively.
21% : READ MORE: 4 key findings from the House Ethics report on Matt Gaetz misconduct allegations Trump carried the district in 2024 with 65 percent of the vote.
14% : Gaetz resigned from Congress after Trump nominated him to be attorney general, but he later withdrew from consideration following ongoing scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking probe and a House Ethics Committee investigation.
11% : Their worst county in comparison was Volusia, where Trump received 58 percent and Waltz received about 60 percent.

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