Trump humiliated in Florida as Democrat flips his home district

 

Election results for 2022 and 2024 and district map:  Ballotpedia
Election result for 2026:  270 to Win

Headline:  The Downballot, 3/24/2026

David Nir reports:

Florida Democrat Emily Gregory scored a major upset on Tuesday night, flipping the legislative district that includes Donald Trump’s waterfront lair of Mar-a-Lago. 

Gregory, a first-time candidate who runs a fitness business serving pregnant and postpartum women, defeated her Republican opponent, financial planner Jon Maples, by a 51-49 margin to win the 87th House District in Palm Beach County. 

The race for this slice of the South Florida beachfront was both caused by and delayed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who appointed one of his few loyalists in the state legislature, Rep. Mike Caruso, as Palm Beach County clerk to fill a vacancy last August. 

As he often has in the past, though, DeSantis refused to call a special election, very possibly because he feared how it might turn out. Only after Gregory filed a lawsuit did he finally act, nine weeks after Caruso resigned.  [emphasis added]

Other panic-inducing GOP special elections:

2026

Democrats flip seat in New Hampshire House of Representatives special election.  (3/12)

Democrat flips Arkansas House of Representatives seat in special election.  (3/4)

Florida special election: House seat that includes Mar-a-Lago is up for grabs.  (2/18)

Republicans get whomped in Texas State Senate special election in red Fort Worth area district.  (2/1)

August-November 2025
Tennessee GOP panics over CD7 special election on December 2nd.  (11/24)

Tennessee 7th congressional district:  Republicans freaking out over another possible special election loss.  (11/17) 

Despite a shrinkage of registered voters, Iowa Democrats have enjoyed a good year in 2025.  (11/12)

Democratic candidate expands margin of victory in deep-blue VIrginia congressional district.  (9/10)

If the Democratic Party brand is in the toilet, where does that put the Republican Party?  (8/2)

January-April 2025

As we have recently learned, a 15-point margin of victory is no longer safe for the GOP.  (4/9)

Democrat Josh Weil cuts GOP margin of victory from 33 to 13.7 percentage points in deep-red Florida congressional district previously represented by Signalgate star performer Michael Waltz.  (4/2)

Democrat Gay Valimont cuts GOP margin of victory from 32 to 14.6 percentage points in deep-red Florida congressional district previously represented by Matt Gaetz.  (4/2)

Wisconsin elections:  What a difference 5 months and the road to authoritarianism makes!  (4/2)

Staying power? In Wisconsin, Donald Trump reveals a limp dick.  (4/2)

Keep an eye out on this special election in Florida.  It will tell us just how toxic Trump/Musk/DOGE has become to voters.  (3/30)

Democrat flips a state senate seat in a deep-red area of Pennsylvania.  (3/26)

Democrat flips state senate seat in increasingly red Iowa.  (1/29)