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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDems win key race in swing Florida district
Dems win key race in swing Florida districtBY MORGAN GSTALTER - 05/02/18 07:56 AM EDT
Democrats won a major victory on Tuesday in Florida, claiming another swing district in the massive purple state, The Miami Herald reported.
Javier Fernandez won Floridas 114th District House seat by roughly 4 points 51 to 47 percent over his Republican opponent, Andrew Vargas. Independent candidate Liz de las Cuevas earned about 2.5 percent of the votes.
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Dems win key race in swing Florida district (Original Post)
workinclasszero
May 2018
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RKP5637
(67,111 posts)1. K&R!!! n/t
backtoblue
(11,343 posts)2. Awesome!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)3. I love news like this!
Roland99
(53,342 posts)4. Previously held by a Dem. and only a 6 month term.
November is still crucial.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)5. Wooh!
We can amplify this if we can get displaced PR citizens registered and turning out.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)6. Whew.
Nice!
Grins
(7,218 posts)7. Election to what?
The Hill never said if this was for the Florida Legislature or the U.S. Congress.
Took a while, but it is for a seat in Tallahassee, not DC.
cojoel
(957 posts)8. It is in the tweet
BREAKING: @javierfor114 has won the special election in HD114 for the Florida House.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)9. Wonderful news!
Keep them coming. GOTV; November will be here sooner than we think. #BlueWave2018!
dajoki
(10,678 posts)10. Great!! n/t