What the Florida and Wisconsin elections mean

WHAT THE FLORIDA AND WISCONSIN ELECTIONS MEAN. Were there any surprises from the two House elections in Florida and the Supreme Court race in Wisconsin? Not really. Democrats were desperately hoping to strike a blow against President Donald Trump wherever they could. For a moment, they thought they might get close enough in one of the Florida races, not to win, but to embarrass the president. That didn’t happen. Then, in Wisconsin, they thought they might be able to attack Trump by attacking Elon Musk, who parachuted in to campaign for the conservative candidate. That turned out to be a big success for Democrats.

First, the Florida races. The bottom line is the Republican candidates won by double digits. In the 6th District, the GOP’s Randy Fine won by 14 points, and in the 1st District, Republican Jimmy Patronis won by 15. From the Democratic perspective, neither winning Republican came close to matching Trump’s 30-point margin of victory in those districts last November. But no realistic analyst would expect an April special election to match Trump’s 2024 victory. Fine and Patronis did what they needed to do.