Republicans look to avert humiliation in Florida special election

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56% : They are safe Republican seats that Donald Trump won by more than 30 points," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told reporters earlier this week.
45% : The most recent example of a special election flip took place on Tuesday in Pennsylvania, where Democrat James Malone won an open Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a district Trump carried by 57 percent of the vote.
43% : House Republicans control a narrow 218-213 majority, which does not allow Johnson a ton of flexibility to pass a budget reconciliation package that would combine border security, tax legislation, as well as energy and defense spending.
42% : Trump called into two tele-town halls for state Sen. Randy Fine (R) in an effort to drive out the Republican base ahead of Tuesday.
42% : " "All that being said, we have seen special elections recently where the Democratic candidate has overcome R+15 electorates so that's why this race remains close in a district President Trump won handily in 2024," Tranter added.
40% : Trump acknowledged his concerns over the small House majority and the leeway Johnson has to pass his agenda on Thursday when he pulled Rep. Elise Stefanik's (R-N.Y.) nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, writing in a Truth Social post that "we don't want to take any chances.
37% : Republicans are pulling out all the stops ahead of the special election in Florida's 6th Congressional District as worries of a narrower-than-expected margin grow in the district President Trump won by more than 30 points in November.
10% : DeSantis and Fine have a contentious history dating back to when Fine switched his endorsement from DeSantis to Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential primary.

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