{"id":204774,"date":"2026-03-25T01:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T01:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/204774\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T01:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T01:38:11","slug":"emily-gregory-flips-florida-house-seat-representing-trumps-mar-a-lago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/204774\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily Gregory flips Florida House seat representing Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democrats flipped a Republican-held seat<\/a> in the Florida state House, with Emily Gregory winning a closely watched special election Tuesday night in a district that includes President Donald Trump\u2019s Florida home of Mar-a-Lago, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Gregory<\/a>\u00a0beat Trump-endorsed Republican\u00a0Jon Maples<\/a>\u00a0for Florida\u2019s 87th district, which includes Palm Beach. With almost all votes counted, Gregory narrowly led by 2.4 percentage points, or 797 votes, according to the AP.<\/p>\n

Gregory and Maples competed in the race after\u00a0Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Republican Mike Caruso<\/a>\u00a0in August to serve as Palm Beach County clerk and comptroller, leaving Caruso\u2019s House seat vacant.<\/p>\n

Gregory\u2019s victory outperformed expectations in a district that had previously leaned reliably Republican. Caruso had previously won the district by 19 percentage points in 2024.<\/p>\n

Gregory, a small business-owner, focused her campaign on several policy issues including affordability, public education and affordable health care.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEbony Davis<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEbony Davis is a breaking news reporter for MS NOW based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked at CNN as a campaign reporter covering elections and politics.\u00a0\u00a0\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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