Magi -e candidate won the primary GOP in Florida race to replace Matt Gaetz in Congress

The candidate approved President Trump On Tuesday, he won a Republican primary in a special congress election to replace former GOP Ambassador Matt Gaetz in the 1st Congress Florida County.

Associated ProSa projects that Florida Florida Financial Director Jimmy Patronis will win the GOP Nomination District, located in the northwestern corner of the state in the Panhandle region.

He will face the advocate of Gay Valimnt’s weapons safety, who nominated himself without an opponent in the democratic primary.

Patronis, whom he also approved Mike Johnson’s house speaker, Filled nine other Republican candidates on a packed primary field. He will be considered a clear favorite in the General Election on April 1 to fill the congress spot in a very red district.

“Fourth -generation Floridian from the beautiful Panhandle and the owner of an iconic seafood restaurant, Jimmy was a wonderful friend for me and Maga,” Trump wrote in a post on social networks earlier this month.

The primary day is in parts of this key state

Gaetz suddenly resigned from Congress late last year after Trump touched him as his Attorney General, although Gaetz eventually withdrew from the consideration due to the growing Republican opposition.

The resignation of Congressmen also came because the Committee on the Ethics of the Home prepared its report on the allegations against Gaetz, which included illegal drug use and sex with a minor, which he denied.

Among those who missed the patron in the primary GOP, was a former Navy veteran who caused Gaetz with support last year Former speaker of Kevin McCarthy’s house.

Gaetz launched a Congress maneuver 2023. which eventually led to McCarthy Ejection from power After less than a year as a home speaker.

Patronis – whose family runs a popular restaurant in Panama – which is outside the district – criticized that he did not live in the district.

He twice won the national election as the Chief Financial Director and until Gaetz left Congress, he considered a potential candidate in the Florida 2026 race for the inheritance of a limited term Government Ron Desantis.

Republican and Democratic first -team players were also held on Tuesday in the 6th Congress County of Florida, in a special election to fill the place left empty after GOP -Ambassador Michael Waltz departed as a national security advisor in another Trump administration. The general elections in the Red District are also scheduled for April 1.

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With fragile, britvin mostly in the house, probably Florida reinforcements’With the 1st and 6th Congress Discovery, the news of the Republican leadership in the Chamber will be welcomed because he tries to pass Trump’s agenda.