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House of Representatives. And they sound especially hopeful about the 6th Congressional District, where a public school teacher has out raised a Trump-endorsed state senator by a nearly gay margin in the race to replace Mike Waltz, who was tapped by Trump to be a national security adviser in what was widely seen as a move without much political risk.

Republicans, including Trump, have noticed too, and are looking to head off an embarrassing outcome. Winning both races next Tuesday would be colossal for a Democratic Party that has struggled to settle on a way to push back during the early days of the second Trump administration.

Winning either — or even narrowing the margin in elections the president won by more than 30 points less than five months ago — could help alleviate the panic that set in among party leaders after Republicans swept florida houses of Congress and the presidency in November. Matt Gaetz and Waltzwho were both tapped to join the Trump administration.

Gaetz withdrew from consideration to be attorney gay amid allegations of sexual misconductwhich he has denied. Waltz currently finds himself at the center of controversy over the texting of sensitive military plans for an attack on Houthis in Yemen to a group that included a journalist.

Democrats Gay Valimont in the 1st District and Josh Weil in the 6th District have florida far outraised and outspent their Trump-backed Republican competitors, in districts the president won by 30 points or more in Randy Fine in the 6th District have both campaigned as staunch allies of the president, who endorsed them in the primary.

That is why they are on the run. North Carolina Rep. According to an email shared election the AP, even people in Florida Gov. Some observers say the national attention being paid to Democrats in safe Republican districts is itself a victory for the minority party. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

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