The dynamics are especially challenging for Democrats in Florida, one of the most politically divided states in the U.S. But Democrats still face tremendous headwinds, including economic uncertainty and the historic reality that most parties lose seats in the first midterm after they’ve won the White House. Indeed, Democrats are entering the final weeks ahead of the midterms with a sense of cautious optimism, hoping the Supreme Court’s decision overturning a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion will energize the party’s base. Republicans hoped to flip the swing district, which becomes a new sign that the red wave many operatives expect this fall may be weakening. Delgado left Congress to become New York’s lieutenant governor. Not far away, in upstate New York, Democrats celebrated county executive Pat Ryan’s victory in a special election to fill the remainder of Democrat Anthony Delgado’s term. Sean Patrick Maloney, the Democratic Party’s congressional campaign chief, won a tough primary fight against a more progressive state senator. New York City Democrats on Tuesday picked Jerry Nadler over Carolyn Maloney in a congressional primary that featured two powerful House committee chairs competing for the same seat. In that span, Republicans from Arizona to Alaska have supported contenders who embraced Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen, an assertion roundly rejected by elections officials, the former president’s attorney general and judges he appointed.Īnd for the most part, Democrats avoided brutal primary fights - with some exceptions. The Florida contest concludes the busiest stretch of primaries this year, which featured contests in 18 states over just 22 days. In a sign of the party’s meager standing in Florida, she’s currently the only Democrat holding statewide office. The 44-year-old cast herself as “something new” and hoped to become Florida’s first female governor. She staked out a more progressive campaign and was particularly vocal in defending abortion and LGBTQ rights.
Enough.”Ĭrist won the Democratic nomination over Nikki Fried, the state agriculture commissioner. “This guy wants to be president of the United States of America and everybody knows it. “Tonight, the people of Florida clearly sent a message: They want a governor who cares about them and solves real problems, preserves our freedom, not a bully who divides us and takes our freedom away,” Crist declared. Given the stakes, Democrats across Florida and beyond expressed a real sense of urgency to blunt DeSantis’ momentum.Ĭrist decried DeSantis as an “abusive” and “dangerous” “bully” in his victory speech. The 66-year-old moderate, who served as Florida’s Republican governor a decade ago, hopes to appeal to voters in Florida’s teeming suburbs as Democrats seek to reverse a losing pattern in a state that was recently seen as a perennial political battleground.Ībove all, the Democratic contest centered on DeSantis, who views his November reelection as a potential springboard into the 2024 presidential contest. In selecting Crist on Tuesday, Florida Democrats sided with a candidate backed by many in the party’s establishment who viewed him as the safest choice, even after he lost his previous two statewide elections. Ron DeSantis this fall in a campaign that the Republican incumbent sees as the first step toward a potential White House run. Charlie Crist won the Democratic nomination for governor in Florida, setting him up to challenge Gov.
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