When the results for Tuesday's special election in Florida came in, Democrat Gay Valimont had fallen short of winning a congressional seat that few thought she had a chance to claim.

Escambia County, a Republican stronghold in Florida, flipped blue in a historic vote Tuesday night — the first time in 'modern history.'

Escambia County leans heavily Republican. President Donald Trump won the countywide vote there in November with almost 59% of the vote to Democrat Kamala Harris’ under 40%. But Precinct 98 is the biggest Democratic precinct in the county. Harris won the precinct in November with more than 76% of the vote to Trump’s 22%.

Gay Valimont is hoping to do something in the special election on April 1 that no Democrat has done in Northwest Florida in 33 years – win an election to Congress. Valimont is the Democratic ...

Republicans won special elections in two Florida Congressional districts. The margins of victory in the heavily-Republican districts were significantly narrower than in November.

Despite being outraised and outspent, Randy Fine earned 56.7% of the vote, winning all six counties that make up the sixth congressional district.