Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said he expects Florida state Sen. Randy Fine, the Republican candidate running in the April 1 special election for national security adviser Mike Waltz‘s congressional seat, to underperform.
The Florida governor said it is “almost impossible” for a Republican to lose the district Fine is running for, but said the state senator would not beat his Democratic counterpart by the same margin he won it by in 2022, and President Donald Trump won it by in 2024.
“Regardless of the outcome in that, it’s going to be a way underperformance from what I won that district by in 2022 and what the president won it by in November,” DeSantis said Tuesday. “They’re going to try to lay that at the feet of President Trump. That is not a reflection of President Trump. It’s a reflection of a specific candidate running in that race.”
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