Special election shocker has Florida Republicans nervous about redistricting - Politico

Live results: Florida holds state House special election in Mar-a-Lago district

Democrats are looking to flip the Florida state House district, which includes President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, in a Tuesday special election. Small business owner Emily Gregory (D) is facing off against Trump-backed Jon Maples to take over the Republican-held seat vacated by Mike Caruso in August. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee views the district as…

WATCH: Rep. Pete Aguilar calls out Trump for voting by mail in Florida special election

Aguilar called out Trump for voting by mail in the special election for the statehouse district that includes his Mar-a-Lago estate in spite of his longstanding rhetoric against voting by mail.

Exclusive: Obama urged Newsom on California's Prop 50 redistricting push

<iframe src="https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/ntoBDc7c-AeXnLRNE.html" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" allowfullscreen ></iframe><p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom called former President Barack Obama before launching his aggressive <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2025/10/09/california-proposition-50-redistricting-congress-election-2025" target="_blank">Proposition 50</a> redistricting push, expecting a warning to play it safe. Instead, he was told to push ahead.</p><p><strong>State of play:</strong> Newsom said during an interview on "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc5F2y4laofG8BBeKLfc1h_wLFO0Gjx3M" target="_blank">The Axios Show</a>" that he went into the call "very nervous," not to secure Obama's endorsement but to get a gut check on a strategy he knew could divide Democrats.</p><hr><ul><li>He expected Obama — long associated with the party's "when they go low, we go high" ethos — to urge caution rather than provide the encouragement that helped c...

California governor poll raises prospect of two Republicans contesting runoff

<p>Survey puts Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco ahead with Democratic vote split between large field of candidates</p><p>Republicans continue to lead the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california">California</a> governor’s race amid a crowded field of Democrats, a <a href="https://cadem.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CA-Voter-Index-Baseline-Survey-03.23.26.pdf">new poll</a> commissioned by the state’s Democratic party found, fueling concerns of a conservative win in the famously liberal state.</p><p>The party on Tuesday published the results of a large-scale poll of 2,000 likely voters conducted by Evitarus Research<strong> </strong>that revealed that 16% of participants would back the conservative political commentator Steve Hilton in the upcoming primary, while 14% would support Chad Bianco, the Riverside county sheriff.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/24/california-governor-election-republicans">Continue reading...</a>

Trump said he voted by mail in Florida because he ‘should be’ in D.C. He cast his ballot from Palm Beach. - Politico

Midterms heat up as Trump signals importance of 2026 elections

President Trump is signalling the importance of the 2026 midterm elections for Republicans vying to keep power in Congress. Emily Cherniack, the founder and executive director of New Politics, joins CBS News with more on efforts to help Democrats win.