The Republican defeat shows Democrats can 'still win elections' in Florida when they have strong candidates, according to a political scientist.
Thomas Gift, who heads the Center on U.S. Politics at University College London, said the result showsHe said:"Florida is a Republican-trending state, but as evidenced by Donna Deegan's upset victory, that doesn't mean Florida has become thoroughly ruby-red. There's a narrative out there, for example, that Ron DeSantis's landslide re-election victory for governor last year was simply the product of right-shifting political demographics in Florida.
"As made clear in a place like Jacksonville, the biggest city in the U.S. that had previously elected a Republican mayor, Democrats can still win elections with stronger candidates. It's possible to over-interpret the Deegan win too much - after all, it's just one sub-state election, and in an urban area that's experienced major growth of late.
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