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Jimmy Patronis wins Florida House seat vacated by Matt Gaetz

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Jimmy Patronis, a mainstay in Tallahassee who rose to the statewide post of chief financial officer, is headed to Congress according to the Associated Press after voters in Matt Gaetz’s former distric...
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Patronis’s victory is the second of the evening with Republican Randy Fine winning in Florida’s Sixth Congressional district to succeed Mike Waltz, who joined the Trump administration.

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