Florida Democrats Pull Off Shock Wins as Republican Redistricting Backfires

Newsweek · Anna Commander · 2026-11-04 01:41 UTC

The wins come as Gov. DeSantis’ map was passed by the Florida Legislature and thought to help GOP odds at holding on to the House.

Florida Democrats Jared Moskowitz, Kathy Castor and Pia Dandiya have all won their respective House races Tuesday night amid the Republican controlled state's redistricting effort.

The Associated Press called the race for Florida District 25 for Moskowitz at 8:07 p.m. with 51.5 percent of the vote compared to Republican Scott Singer's 46.4 percent. The New York Times called the race for Florida District 14 for Castor with 51.2 percent of the vote compared to Republican Mike Beltran's 45.9 percent as of 8:22 p.m. ET.

CNN called the race for Dandiya in the battle for Florida District 22 with 51.9 percent of the vote compared to her Republican opponent Casey Askar's 48.1 percent at 8:24 pm. ET.

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