Florida special election results hint at potential Democratic wave in the midterms – ThinkProgress
[ad_1] On Tuesday, Floridians in two separate districts cast their votes in the state’s final special election before the November midterms — and the results may point to a rising progressive movement in the state. Democrats have fared well in previous special elections in the notoriously purple state that voted for President Donald Trump in 2016 — 49 percent to Hillary Clinton’s 47.8 percent. That streak appears to have continued into Tuesday’s election, at least in south Florida. Democrat Javier Fernandez won Florida’s 114th House District by four percentage points despite being outspent by his opponent three to one . The 114th district, located along the southeastern coast of Miami-Dade county, has flip-flopped between Republican and Democratic representation over the years. Fernandez will replace Daisy Baez, a Democrat who held the seat for just a year before resigning in October 2017 after it was revealed that she did not reside in the district she represented — a requirement...