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CV NEWS FEED // Republicans saw two victories in Florida’s special elections Tuesday night, securing their hold on the US House majority.
Republican Reps. Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine from Florida won their races by double-digit margins, despite Democrats’ heavy fundraising efforts.
CatholicVote celebrated the results on X, stating, “The red wave is alive and well in Florida.”
The victories will expand the Republican majority in the House to 220-213, giving House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, more room to advance the conservative agenda.
“Democrats are in disarray, and even after wasting tens of millions of dollars, they could not sell their extreme, radical, and rejected ideas to voters,” Johnson told Fox News Digital. “With our full House Republican Conference now in place, we will continue our work to advance President Trump’s America First agenda and defend our majority in 2026.”
The special elections were held to replace outgoing Republican Florida Reps. Matt Gaetz, who briefly sought a cabinet role, and Mike Waltz, now Trump’s national security adviser.
In Florida’s 1st Congressional District, Patronis defeated progressive Democrat Gay Valimont, who received over $6 million in funding.
“President Trump reached out to me on November 26 and said, ‘Jimmy, if you’ll run, I’ll endorse you.’ So then, it was up to my wife to give her blessing, and here we go,” Patronis said in a Fox News interview Wednesday.
“This is not about Jimmy Patronis. This is about my kids…this is about the kids across America. We have got to leave this country in a better place than we’ve found it,” he added. “That’s exactly what we’re going to do. We’re going to work.”
In the 6th District, Fine defeated Democrat Josh Weil, a public school teacher who raised nearly $9 million.
Johnson projected that the big Republican wins bode well for the GOP’s future efforts. “Decisive and double-digit wins in Florida show yet again that Americans are fired up to continue electing House Republicans, despite being significantly outraised and underestimated by misleading narratives from the media,” he said.
