A Competitive Race for Mike Waltz’s Seat Rattles Republicans
The New York Times
Democrats are hoping to do better in Florida’s Sixth District than they did in November, when President Trump won it by 30 points.
Frank Curnow, a retired Navy veteran, had a question for the Republican Party volunteers at an early voting site in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Thursday.
Why, he asked, were some polls suggesting a tight race for the open seat in his reliably conservative congressional district, Florida’s Sixth?
“That’s not good,” said Mr. Curnow, 77, a registered Republican who voted for the party’s candidate, State Senator Randy Fine, because “he carries the Trump banner.” The race, he added, “is critical.”
Voters in the district, which includes the stretch of coast between St. Augustine and Daytona Beach, overwhelmingly voted for President Trump. But on Tuesday, they will cast ballots in what seems to be an unusually competitive contest to replace former Representative Michael Waltz, who stepped down to become Mr. Trump’s national security adviser.
[We’re tracking each party’s turnout ahead of Tuesday’s special House elections.]
Mr. Fine, who is facing Josh Weil, a Democrat and public school employee, is still widely favored to win. But with Republicans clinging to their House majority by just a few seats, it was clear this week that voters in the district are thinking about what the outcome of the race — and of another race for former Representative Matt Gaetz’s seat in the Florida Panhandle — could mean for Mr. Trump’s agenda.
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