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| | *Miami-Dade flips red<ref>Deirdra Funcheon, Martin Vassolo, [https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2022/11/14/miami-dade-midterm-election-republicans Miami-Dade flips red: Midterm lessons for Republicans and Democrats], Nov 14, 2022.</ref> and [[DeSantis]]. From ''Vox'':<ref>Ben Jacobs, "winners and 4 losers from the midterm results so far", ''VOX'', November 9, 2022.</ref><blockquote>Winner: Ron DeSantis - Ron DeSantis may have had the best night of any Republican in the country. The Florida governor won what was once a swing state by a margin of nearly 20 points, and won base Democratic counties — or at least what were once base Democratic counties — like Palm Beach and Miami Dade.</blockquote> | | *Miami-Dade flips red<ref>Deirdra Funcheon, Martin Vassolo, [https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2022/11/14/miami-dade-midterm-election-republicans Miami-Dade flips red: Midterm lessons for Republicans and Democrats], Nov 14, 2022.</ref> and [[DeSantis]]. From ''Vox'':<ref>Ben Jacobs, "winners and 4 losers from the midterm results so far", ''VOX'', November 9, 2022.</ref><blockquote>Winner: Ron DeSantis - Ron DeSantis may have had the best night of any Republican in the country. The Florida governor won what was once a swing state by a margin of nearly 20 points, and won base Democratic counties — or at least what were once base Democratic counties — like Palm Beach and Miami Dade.</blockquote> |
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| | *The huge gap win in Florida by Rep. [[Marco Rubio]] over Dem. [[Val Demings]]<ref>With 95% counted: Marco Rubio - 57.7% - 4,469,945. VS Val Demings: 41.3% - 3,197,213. [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-florida-us-senate.html Florida U.S. Senate Election Results], ''The NYTimes''. Retrieved Nov 10, 2022.</ref> despite such a massive negative campaign by Demings, including using her police background, to pose, as supposed tough on crime, and the abortion issue. In addition, Deming campaigned also heavily among the large [[Haiti|Haitian]] community. Yet, Rubio won by 9 points, ''[[Miami]] Dadde'', with its major populations: [[Cuban-Americans|Cubans]], Jews, Haitians. | | *The huge gap win in Florida by Rep. [[Marco Rubio]] over Dem. [[Val Demings]]<ref>With 95% counted: Marco Rubio - 57.7% - 4,469,945. VS Val Demings: 41.3% - 3,197,213. [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-florida-us-senate.html Florida U.S. Senate Election Results], ''The NYTimes''. Retrieved Nov 10, 2022.</ref> despite such a massive negative campaign by Demings, including using her police background, to pose, as supposed tough on crime, and the abortion issue. In addition, Deming campaigned also heavily among the large [[Haiti|Haitian]] community. Yet, Rubio won by 9 points, ''[[Miami]] Dadde'', with its major populations: [[Cuban-Americans|Cubans]], Jews, Haitians. |
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| | *Religious Orthodox Jews bring about Republican [Michael Vincent] Mike Lawler big win in deep blue [[NY]]-17 Congressional District, defeating radical [[Sean Patrick Maloney]].<ref>[https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/featured/2136772/monsey-rep-mike-lawler-victorious-in-ny-17-congressional-district-thanks-to-overwhelming-orthodox-jewish-support.html MONSEY: Rep. Mike Lawler Victorious in NY-17 Congressional District Thanks To Overwhelming Orthodox Jewish Support"], <i>YWN</i>, November 9, 2022.</ref> Rep. [[Kevin McCarthy]] and Rep. [[Steve Scalise]] — were stumping for Lawler, while President [[Joe Biden]] and former President [[Bill Clinton]] campaigned on Maloney's behalf.<ref>[https://hamodia.com/2022/11/14/beating-big-blue-interview-with-mike-lawler/ Beating Big Blue – Interview With Mike Lawler], ''Hamodia'', Nov 14, 2022.</ref> | | *Religious Orthodox Jews bring about Republican [Michael Vincent] Mike Lawler big win in deep blue [[NY]]-17 Congressional District, defeating radical [[Sean Patrick Maloney]].<ref>[https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/featured/2136772/monsey-rep-mike-lawler-victorious-in-ny-17-congressional-district-thanks-to-overwhelming-orthodox-jewish-support.html MONSEY: Rep. Mike Lawler Victorious in NY-17 Congressional District Thanks To Overwhelming Orthodox Jewish Support"], <i>YWN</i>, November 9, 2022.</ref> Rep. [[Kevin McCarthy]] and Rep. [[Steve Scalise]] — were stumping for Lawler, while President [[Joe Biden]] and former President [[Bill Clinton]] campaigned on Maloney's behalf.<ref>[https://hamodia.com/2022/11/14/beating-big-blue-interview-with-mike-lawler/ Beating Big Blue – Interview With Mike Lawler], ''Hamodia'', Nov 14, 2022.</ref> |
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| | *Though losing to Dems. Hochul, [[Lee Zeldin|Zeldin]] did perform very well in the traditionally blue state NY (pundits attribute much of it for his focus on crime), encouraging the GOP.<ref>David Feedlander, [https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/11/zeldins-loss-is-making-new-york-republicans-ambitious-again.html How Zeldin’s Loss Is Making New York’s Republican Party Ambitious Again], ''NYMag'', Nov 10, 2022.<blockquote><font size=1>...after focusing relentlessly on crime, Zeldin took advantage of a Hochul campaign that didn’t realize exactly how tight of a race it had on its hands until an internal poll showed her under 50 percent and the Republican within four points with just three weeks to go. | | *Though losing to Dems. Hochul, [[Lee Zeldin|Zeldin]] did perform very well in the traditionally blue state NY (pundits attribute much of it for his focus on crime), encouraging the GOP.<ref>David Feedlander, [https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/11/zeldins-loss-is-making-new-york-republicans-ambitious-again.html How Zeldin’s Loss Is Making New York’s Republican Party Ambitious Again], ''NYMag'', Nov 10, 2022.<blockquote><font size=1>...after focusing relentlessly on crime, Zeldin took advantage of a Hochul campaign that didn’t realize exactly how tight of a race it had on its hands until an internal poll showed her under 50 percent and the Republican within four points with just three weeks to go. |