JACKSONVILLE, Florida — Democrats, including President Joe Biden, are not giving up on Florida despite the state’s marquee races becoming insurmountable for the party three weeks before Election Day.
Joe Biden won 65% of the Hispanic vote in the last presidential election. He campaigned on defending the working class and fixing the U.S. immigration system. Two years into his presidency, he has so far failed to do so, and Hispanic voters are increasingly deserting the Democratic Party. With the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, this Washington Examiner series, Taken For Granted, will look at how Biden and Democratic Party policies are failing to connect with the Latino electorate, how Donald Trump and Republicans have benefited, and how it could swing the November midterm elections.
Disney donated $125,000 to the Republican Party of Florida at the beginning of this year’s legislative session, according to new filings with the state.
Democrat Val Demings has raised record sums of campaign cash, but she faces an uphill battle to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Marco Rubio in Florida's U.S. Senate race, thanks to the state's steadily expanding GOP electorate.
Democrat Val Demings has raised record sums of campaign cash, but she faces an uphill battle to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Marco Rubio in Florida's U.S. Senate race, thanks to the state's steadily expanding GOP electorate.