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Photo: Florida House/Rashon Young for Florida House Florida Democrats scored decisive victories in two special elections on Tuesday (September 2), signaling growing opposition to Republican leadership. According to the Orlando Sentinel, RaShon Young and LaVon Bracy Davis both won their races for the Florida House and Senate, respectively. Young, a legislative staffer and former NASA … Continued

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“These results prove what we’ve known for a long time—Floridians are tired of political posturing, wasteful spending, and the never-ending culture wars that hurt our schools, our healthcare, and our wallets,” Fried said.

“Senator-elect LaVon Bracy Davis and Representative-elect RaShon Young are true community advocates… They care about and are ready to fight for what Central Floridians care about most: lower costs of living, safer communities, and people-first change,” she added.

The Florida Dem Party messaging is on the ball here, in particular to reject the Republicans' mouth-frothing instead of trying to find a witty counter. I hope the national Democrat-apparatus will support them into next year.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

I have a disappointing prediction I am going to make to you