FL-HD87: The next big special election is happening in Trump's backyard
A long-awaited special election will finally take place next month in a Florida House district that’s home to none other than Donald Trump’s seaside lair of Mar-a-Lago.
The contest pits Democrat Emily Gregory against Republican Jon Maples for the vacant 87th District, which runs along the coast of much of northern Palm Beach County. Near the center of the region’s distinctive barrier island sits Trump’s private resort, which earned its name because it stretches from the ocean on the east to the lagoon on the west.
The unusual race for this slice of the South Florida beachfront was both caused by and delayed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who appointed state Rep. Mike Caruso as Palm Beach County clerk to fill a vacancy last August.
DeSantis rewarded Caruso after a messy internecine fight in the legislature a year ago over legislation designed to turbocharge Trump’s deportation agenda that the governor supported. Lawmakers, unhappy at being bullied by DeSantis once again, responded by passing their own bill and unsubtly called it the TRUMP Act.
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