Now, a pair of surprising wins in the state legislature last week gave Democrats a renewed sense of hope, which has energized grassroots organizers and party leaders alike.
“We can get back there. We are in this place now, but this isn’t fixed. This isn’t forever,” said Emily Gregory, Florida state House of Representative-elect who pulled a surprising victory against a Trump-endorsed candidate in the district that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
How a Democrat flipped a Trump-linked district
Gregory, a first-time candidate and a small business owner in her 40s, told TIME that her winning was rooted in tackling key affordability issues that voters care about: healthcare, property insurance, education by talking to as many voters as possible throughout her campaign and proposing reasonable policies.
“I definitely heard, by far the most, ‘why is my home insurance so much higher than it was five, six years ago? Why? I’m not getting more coverage, you know, and it’s thousands of dollars,’” she said. “It can be a huge percentage increase and that has a state-level solution.”
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