00:02In South Florida, a notable political shift in President Trump's backyard.
00:07Democrat Emily Gregory won a special election on Tuesday for a state House seat that includes Trump's Mar-a-Lago
00:14resort,
00:15flipping a district long held by Republicans.
00:18Gregory defeated Republican John Maples in the Palm Beach area district, which had been vacant since last August.
00:24Maples had Trump's endorsement, and Trump carried the district by more than 10 points in the 2024 election.
00:30This marks the 10th Republican-held seat Democrats have flipped in special elections since Trump returned to office last year.
00:38Florida Democratic Party chair Nikki Freed said, quote,
00:41Democrats can run and win anywhere, including Donald Trump's backyard.
00:46And in North Carolina, a major upset in a Republican primary.
00:50State Senate leader Phil Berger conceded after losing by fewer than two dozen votes to Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page.
00:58The race was so close it triggered a recount.
01:01Page, who once led a group called Sheriffs for Trump, had turned down a role in the Trump administration.
01:07He now advances to the general election.
01:10Berger had led the North Carolina Senate since 2011.
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