They called the two Florida races

[Tickle]

Both repub. How are we doing in Wisconsin?

[RandySF]

1. We were never going to win those House races.

[PortTack]

5. Yeah...I never let myself get enthused about those elections...it's the f..king panhandle!

[buzzycrumbhunger]

2. Ugh.

It just sucks balls here.

[Emile]

3. A district so red that reelected Gaetz, told me what

kind of fools live there. Not surprised of the outcome.

[Phoenix61]

6. Good point. nt

[Phoenix61]

4. Damn. nt

[mahina]

7. Because we would never and will never call in bomb threats like they did in 2000. Because we don't yet know how

to pierce the veil of bullshit and bots.
Yet

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. Polls close at 8 central in Wisconsin. Unless they hold results for people in line or waiting for ballots in Milwaukee?

[FloridaBlues]

9. Not surprised but they sure didn't lose by 30+ points.

[Wiz Imp]

17. Waltz District was a 14% margin.

In November 2024, Waltz won by 33%

Gaetz District was a 14.8% margin. Gaetz won in November 2024 by 32%.

Those are gains of 19% & 17.2% (Huge!). If Democrats can do even half that well in the midterms (cut say 9% off Republicans margins everywhere), Democrats will retake the House easily.

[DoBW]

18. That's the thing ...

and it's a FLA gooper... so there's gonna be more dirty threads to pull on

[boonecreek]

10. Link for WI results.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-wisconsin-supreme-court-special-election

[senseandsensibility]

16. I'm using your link and it's great

Of course I don't know where these early votes are coming from, but it is updated frequently. I this link would be a good OP to increase visibility.

[Sky Jewels]

11. Republicans underperformed big time.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/1/2313939/-Early-results-in-FL-6-show-the-Democrat-at-50-no-matter-what-the-GOP-has-lost-a-ton-of-ground

[Initech]

15. Not enough to lose.

We need to get the foul stench of Fox out of this country. It is literally poisoning everything it touches.

[Wiz Imp]

19. Dems gained 19% & 17.2% over the November results in those 2 Districts.

Those are HUGE gains. If Democrats can come anywhere close to similar performances across the country in the midterms, Dems will take the House in a landslide.

[Initech]

22. Good! I certainly hope so.

The MAGA movement needs to die the horrible death it deserves. It sucks we have new Trump ass kissers to deal with.

[dweller]

12. Any point at looking

At recounts ?

Was starlink involved in vote compilation/counting/results ?



✌🏻

[Yupumnope]

13. Not with 15% margins ...NT

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. Welcome to DU

[Initech]

14. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[marble falls]

20. Actually, very surprised.

[kimbutgar]

21. Floriduh will never allow a Democratic candidate to win ever again !

The state is rigged to the max!

An economic boycott all over Florida will be its downfall on top of climate change disasters being ignored by their government and FEMA. Sorry Disney you are screwed there now!

[radical noodle]

25. We have three house members now

I don't believe we will never have another Democratic win, but you're right that we're on the way to a lot of economic pain thanks to trump and republicans.

[Comrade Citizen]

23. When Florida was a Democratic state

The 1st was Democrat Earl Hutto's seat until January 1995.
The 6th was Democrat Buddy MacKay's seat until January 1989; then he moved on to Lt Gov under Lawton Chiles, and then Governor.
Good times.....

[Vogon_Glory]

24. Rats! I was hoping for a virulent contagion of voter wisdom

and cold-blooded voter self-interest. But it looks like the voters in those districts proved themselves immune.

[radical noodle]

26. Our voting place was packed with voters

More than I've ever seen, even in presidential races. All the publicity brought out lots of voters for both sides that might not have voted otherwise. Unfortunately, it brought out more red than blue voters.

[onenote]

29. Actually, turnout was way down for both Democrats and Republicans in the two Florida races

It was entirely expected that there would be a significant drop in turn out for these special elections compared to the 2024 election, but the drop off was much greater for repubs -- enough to reduce the margin of victory from around 30% to around 14%, but nowhere near enough to flip either seat.

More specifically, in the First District, the Repub candidate, Patronis, got 69% fewer votes than Matt Gaetz got in 2024, while the Democratic candidate, Gay Valimont, got only 49 percent fewer votes than she got in 2024.

Similarly, in the Sixth District, the Repub candidate, Randy Fine, got 61% fewer votes than Michael Waltz got in 2024, while the Democratic candidate, Josh Weil, got only 41 percent fewer votes than the Democratic candidate got in 2024.

The result was that instead of losing by 33% (first district) or 28% (sixth district), the two Democrats closed the margin to 14% - still a comfortable win for the repubs, but a big drop off for solidly red districts that could bode well for swing districts in 2026 if the pattern continues..