Jimmy Patronis receives an overwhelming vote total in Okaloosa and Walton County during Tuesday night's GOP primary. He also won big districtwide.
Republican voters in several Florida counties head to the polls on Tuesday, where they will select GOP nominees to fill seats that were held by former Reps. Michael Waltz and Matt Gaetz.
Early voting was suspended for three days following a severe winter storm, but polls are set to reopen 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Donald Trump has endorsed Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine to succeed Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz, respectively, in Florida's special House elections.
The two candidates will move on to special general elections on April 1, when they will be strongly favored to expand the Republicans’ slim House majority.
The races to fill the U.S. House seats of former Florida Reps. Mike Waltz and Matt Gaetz began Tuesday with primaries in reliably conservative districts that solidly back President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump-endorsed candidates Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis won Republican primaries Tuesday in special elections for seats in districts vacated by former Florida Congressmen Mike Waltz and Matt Gaetz.
To be sure, the duo did cover Trump, Russiagate, the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the accusations against Gaetz, which the former U.S. representative for Florida’s 1st congressional district denied. What did cause fireworks was Gaetz’s evaluation of Maher’s work.
Two Republicans endorsed by President Donald Trump will win their special primaries Tuesday, moving one step closer to bringing Speaker Mike Johnson a little breathing room for the GOP’s narrow majority in the House.
Bill Maher asked former GOP lawmaker Matt Gaetz about the sleazy allegations that he had sex with an underaged girl.
Comedian Bill Maher and former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) got into a heated exchange over President Trump’s efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election. “If you’re talking about