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‘No safe seat’: could Democrats make Florida a swing state again?

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Democrats in Florida believe that strong performances in two congressional races this month have erected signposts towards restoring its status as a swing state.

No Democratic candidate has won a statewide election since 2018 , and any remaining notion of Florida being purple was dispelled by Donald Trump ’s victory over Kamala Harris by more than 13 percentage points in November .

But hope has emerged alongside some remarkable statistics from the 1 April special elections in traditionally strong Republican districts.

Sakhnovsky said a surprise victory might have been achievable without a late surge of heavyweight support for their candidate Randy Fine from senior Republican officials, including Trump , who appeared at two tele-rallies.

The Democrat was able to flip the no party affiliation vote, which the Republicans won in the general election 60-40 , to 40-60 in April .