The latest data could spell trouble for Democrats Charlie Crist and U.S. Rep. Val Demings, who are running high-stakes races challenging incumbent Republicans DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio.
This month, they reached a new milestone: officially surpassing Democrats by more than one percentage point, or 177,529 registered voters, according to new Division of Elections data analyzed by the Miami Herald.
“Gov. Ron DeSantis is giving Florida a great vibe it was missing, and voters appreciate a principled leader who has their back,” Helen Aguirre Ferré, the director of the Republican Party of Florida, said in a statement to the Miami Herald. ”We look forward to decisive GOP victories on November 8Travis Reuther, a spokesman for the Florida Democratic Party, did not respond to a request for comment.
“I think it’ll be really interesting to see, as more and more people register as independent, what are the voting patterns that emerge,” she said. The Herald spoke to elections officials in Miami-Dade, Broward and Orange counties — all three counties Democratic leaning — and all said the number of voters removed so close to the election was not necessarily surprising or alarming given pressures from the state about keeping the rolls up to date, and how often the Department of State sends lists of voters for removal.
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