Patronis has the Trump endorsement, boasts the best name recognition in the district, and went into the stretch run of the Primary race best positioned financially, with almost $711,000 cash on hand as of Jan. 8. To put that in perspective, no other candidate in the crowded field had more than $33,000 for the stretch run.
Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis and state Sen. Randy Fine are projected to win the special primary elections to fill the two vacant House seats in Florida.
Update: Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine swept their respective primaries in congressional special elections. Patronis had 65.6% of the vote in CD 1 with 65% of the vote counted. There was no Democratic primary so Patronis will face Gay Valimont.
With the backing of President Donald Trump, state Sen. Randy Fine and state Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis on Tuesday won special Republican primary elections for congressional seats.
Donald Trump’s power to pick political winners in his adopted home state gets another test Tuesday with special election primaries for the seats left vacant by former Republican congressmen Mike Waltz and Matt Gaetz.
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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.
Two Trump-endorsed candidates won Republican primaries for special House elections in Florida on Tuesday night.
Both Republicans will now advance to the April 1 special election, where they are expected to be heavy favorites in the solid GOP districts.
Jimmy Patronis easily won the Republican special primary Tuesday in the race to replace Matt Gaetz in Congress.
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Jimmy Patronis wards off 9 others to win the Republican Primary for the Florida District One congressional seat
Florida’s chief financial officer, Jimmy Patronis, won the Republican nomination Tuesday night to fill former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz’s vacant seat in Congress in the Panhandle. Across the state, in the 6th Congressional District,
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