Overview
- Democrats Emily Gregory and Brian Nathan flipped Florida’s House District 87 and Senate District 14 in special elections held Tuesday, March 24, turning a Palm Beach seat that includes Mar-a-Lago and a Tampa-area Senate seat blue.
- The Democratic National Committee disclosed Monday it is launching a first-ever midterm-year partisan voter registration drive in Florida to rebuild operations after years of declining rolls.
- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee now lists four Republican-held U.S. House districts in Florida as “in play,” and reporting says party leaders are weighing whether to add more after the upsets.
- Gov. Ron DeSantis, speaking Tuesday in Tampa, said he stayed out of SD-14 and faulted GOP choices there, noting Republicans held a 10-point turnout edge yet still lost, which he said signaled defections by registered Republicans.
- Winning Democrats credit a heavy ground game and a focus on costs, property insurance, health care, and public schools, a message that backers say resonated with voters facing higher bills and strained services.