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The Democratic opposition has snatched a seat in the Florida State House of Representatives to the Republican party of Donald Trump in the district that includes his Mar-a-Lago mansion and in which the president He voted by mail despite his crusade against this method, which he considers “a fraud.”
The Democrat Emily Gregory he beat the republican Jon Mapleswhich had the explicit support of Trump, to represent that Palm Beach district, according to US media projections.
That result, in a special election for a seat left vacant by the withdrawal of a Republican congressman, has given hope to democrats facing the November legislative elections, in which they aspire to strengthen their power to serve as a counterweight to Trump.
“We can win anywhere”
“If the Democrats can win in Trump’s fiefdom, assume we can win anywhere in the country. Let’s go for November!” wrote the president of the Democratic National Committee (party secretariat), Ken Martin, on his official account on the social network X.
Donald Trump’s own neighbors in Florida just sent a message: They elected a Democrat, Emily Gregory, to serve as their representative in the Florida state House.
If Democrats can win in Trump’s backyard, we sure as hell can win anywhere across the country. Onward to November! https://t.co/Bh9Ze9BwlW
— Ken Martin (@kenmartin73) March 25, 2026
The seat you got Gregory, a 40-year-old businesswoman in her first political campaign, Democrats used to win it, but In the 2022 elections it went – by 19 points ahead – to a Republican, Mike Caruso, who this year decided to leave it for an administrative position in the county.
Trump and voting by mail
The vote in Palm Beach attracted national attention not only because it is Trump’s district, but because Trump voted in them by mail, despite the fact that for years he has alleged that this form of participation “is synonymous with electoral fraud”, something not supported by evidence.
Trump attributed part of his loss in the 2020 presidential election to voting by mail – which was intensified due to the covid pandemic and has led an entire political crusade to stigmatize and restrict itdespite the fact that its effectiveness and safety have been demonstrated and that it is essential in such a large country.
The Senate has been debating a law since this month that would require Americans to submit a proof of citizenship to register to vote and that has become a political priority for Trump, although it has little chance of succeeding due to Democratic opposition.
In the midterm elections In November, the federal House of Representatives, a third of the Senate and numerous state and local offices throughout the country will be renewed, including the Mar-a-Lago district, in which Gregory must compete again if he wants to keep that seat until 2029
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