Florida state Sen. Randy Fine won Tuesday's special election for a vacant congressional seat that the president carried by 30 points less than five months ago. The Trump-backed Republican had faced mounting pressure from his party in the final days of the campaign after Democrat Josh Weil outraised Fine by a nearly 10-to-1

Randy Fine, a Jewish Republican backed by President Donald Trump, has prevailed in a special election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District.

Florida voters cast ballots Apr. 1 in the U.S. House District 6 special election to replace Mike Waltz. Follow along for the latest election results.

Ron DeSantis intensified attacks on Randy Fine Wednesday, blaming Fine's "unique problems" for a narrow special election win in a Republican stronghold district.

The BriefRepublican Randy Fine won Florida’s 6th Congressional District special election, defeating Democrat Josh Weil despite being vastly outspent.The race, heavily funded by national Democrats, failed to flip the deep-red district that backed Trump by over 30 points.

The Republican candidate is running for the seat that National Security Adviser Michael Waltz won by 33 points in November.

Fine’s opponent, Josh Weil, has backed ending U.S. aid to Israel. A bombastic Jewish Republican is unexpectedly at risk of losing his congressional race in a deep-red Florida district seat on Tuesday. And if Randy Fine does lose, it will be to a Muslim candidate with a track record of harshly criticizing Israel.