The candidate approved before President Trump On Tuesday, the Republican introductory elections won special elections in the Congress to replace the former Republican party, Matt Gaitz, in the first Congress area in Florida.
Associated Press projects that the Florida Financial Director Jimmy Protis will win the Republican Party nomination in the region, which is located in the northwestern corner of the state in the Banhandel region.
The lawyer for arms safety will face Gay Valimont, who ran without opposition in the democratic preliminary elections.
Patronis, which was also approved Parliament Speaker Mike Johnson, Nine other Republican candidates are issued in the busy primary field. It will be considered a clear preferred in the general elections on April 1 to fill the Congress seat in the red region.
“From the fourth generation Floridian from the beautiful Panhandle, the owner of the iconic seafood restaurant, Jimmy was a great friend for me, and to Maga.”
It is the main day in parts of this decisive state
Left: Florida Finance Director Jimmy Raei; Right: President -elect Donald Trump rings the opening bell on the commercial floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 12, 2024 in New York City. (Left: Fox News Digital; right: Spencer Platt/Getty Imach.
Gaetz suddenly resigned from Congress in late last year after Trump took advantage of him to be the prosecutor for him, although Gaetz finally withdrew from looking amid an increasing opposition of a republic.
The resignation of a member of Congress also came at a time when the Parliament's Ethics Committee was to prepare its report on allegations against Gaetz, which included illegal and sex drug use with a minor, and he all denied it.
Among those who decreased to Portseris were in the preliminary elections of the Republic Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Getz had caused Congress maneuvering in 2023, which eventually led to McCarthy The overthrow of power Less than a year as a home speaker.
Former MP Matt Gaitz, R. Flores, speaks at the Republican National Congress in Milwoki and Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024. (AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Batronis – whose family runs a famous restaurant in Panama – outside the region – was criticized for not living in the area.
He won twice the elections at the state level as a financial president, and even Getz resigned from Congress, was seen as a possible candidate in the 2026 Florida race to achieve success in the limited term Ron Desantis Governor.
CFO CFO Jimmy Patronis provides notes at a campaign event in Sarasota, Florida, on November 6, 2022. (Tiffany Tombkins/Bradnton Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The Republican and Democratic Institutions were also detained on Tuesday in the Sixth Congress in Florida, in the special elections to fill the remaining seat after MP Michael Walz stepped from MP Michael Waltz to serve as the National Security Adviser in the second Trump administration. It is also scheduled to be the general elections in the red area on April 1.
With a fragile and thin majority at home, it is possible Florida reinforcementsThe provision in the first and sixth Congress will be news of the Republican leadership in the room where it tries to pass the Trump agenda.
