Florida's 6th Congressional District race sparked national attention. Randy Fine earned Donald Trump's endorsement and defeated Democrat Josh Weil.

Florida state Sen. Randy Fine has won a closer than expected race against Democrat Josh Weil. Tuesday’s special election was for a vacant congressional seat that the president carried by 30 points less than five months ago.

Republicans won two special elections in Florida on Tuesday, successfully replacing former GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz and holding their party’s slim majority in the House. An election between Republican Jimmy Patronis and Democrat Gay Valimont was called for Patronis at 8:20 p.

Republicans have held onto two seats in their narrow House majority as former Florida state Sen. Randy Fine won the special election for an open US House seat in Florida’s 6th Congressional District and Republican Jimmy Patronis won Florida’s 1st Congressional District.

Randy Fine, a Republican state senator, defeated Josh Weil, a public-school teacher and Democratic candidate in the Sixth Congressional District seat vacated by Michael Waltz, now President Trump’s national security adviser.

Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis are the newest members of Congress, representing Florida's Sixth and First Congressional Districts, respectively. Both won their elections on Tuesday and were officially sworn-in on Wednesday night.

NBC News projects victory for the GOP in the seats formerly held by Michael Waltz, who resigned to join the Trump administration, and Matt Gaetz.

Republicans have won a closely watched special Florida congressional election but with a much reduced majority that will make them uneasy about next year's midterms. Republican State Senator Randy Fine defeated Democrat Josh Weil to fill the seat that was held by National Security Advisor Michael Waltz.

Republicans won in two closely watched but heavily Republican congressional districts in Florida. In Tuesday’s other big race, for the state Supreme Court in battleground Wisconsin, it was a