Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has defeated Republican Jason Mariner in a special election to fill Florida's vacant U.S. House seat. The seat had been held by Democrat Alcee Hastings, who died last year.
The win will make little difference, however, for the Democrats’ $2 trillion social and environment bill, now stalled in the evenly divided Senate because of objections by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. The package is opposed unanimously by Republicans.
She will have to immediately defend the seat in an August primary and, if she wins, the November general election. The runner-up to Cherfilus-McCormick in November’s primary, Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness, has sued to try to overturn the election results. He also plans to run in the August primary.
Cherfilus-McCormick also had a huge money advantage. She loaned her campaign nearly $6 million, though has repaid herself $2 million. Still, by late December, she had $1.3 million in her campaign account, compared to less than $24,000 for Mariner. Mariner’s campaign website said he beat drug addiction and co-founded a drug and alcohol detox facility.
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