Democrats flip Florida seat in Trump's Mar-a-Lago district

Democrat Emily Gregory has won a special election in Florida's 87th state house district — the same Palm Beach district that is home to Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate — defeating a Republican candidate who carried Trump's personal endorsement. The result is being read as an early referendum on the administration's standing in its own backyard.

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