Fox News: MAGA candidate wins GOP primary in Florida race to replace Matt Gaetz in Congress

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MAGA candidate wins GOP primary in Florida race to replace Matt Gaetz in Congress

The candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump won the Republican primary in a special congressional election to replace former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz in Florida.......                    ...                        ...The candidate endorsed by You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login won the Republican primary in a special election Tuesday to replace former GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz in Florida's 1st Congressional District.......The Associated Press projects that Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis will win the GOP nomination in the district, located in the northwest corner of the state in the Panhandle region.......He will face gun safety advocate Gay Valimont, who ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Patronis, also endorsed by You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login topped nine other Republican candidates in the crowded primary field. He will be considered the favorite in the April 1 general election to fill the congressional seat in the heavily red district......."A fourth generation Floridian from the beautiful Panhandle, and owner of an iconic seafood restaurant, Jimmy has been a wonderful friend to me, and to MAGA," Trump wrote in a social media post earlier this month.......Gaetz resigned from Congress abruptly late last year after Trump tapped him to be his attorney general, and Gaetz eventually withdrew himself from consideration amid growing Republican opposition.......The congressman's resignation also came as the House Ethics Committee had been preparing its report on allegations against Gaetz that included illicit drug use and sex with a minor, all of which he has denied.......Among those who lost to Patronis in the GOP primary was a former Navy veteran who challenged Gaetz last year with the backing ofYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Gaetz triggered the congressional maneuver in 2023 that eventually led to McCarthy's You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login after less than a year as House speaker.......Patronis, whose family runs a popular restaurant in Panama City, which is outside the district, was criticized for not living in the district.......He twice won statewide elections as chief financial officer and, until Gaetz quit Congress, was seen as a potential candidate in Florida's 2026 race to succeed term-limited You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Republican and Democratic primaries were also being held Tuesday in Florida's 6th Congressional District in the special election to fill the seat left vacant after GOP Rep. Michael Waltz stepped down to serve as national security advisor in the second Trump administration. ......The general election in the red district is scheduled for April 1.......With a fragile, razor-thin majority in the House, the likely You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login 1st and 6th congressional districts will be welcome news to Republican leadership in the chamber as it tries to pass Trump's agenda....

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