Florida Republican’s U.S. House Win Fuels Obamacare Fight
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Republican David Jolly won a special election in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, upsetting a Democratic rival in a race that drew at least $8.8 million in spending by outside groups as both parties cast it as a test for Obamacare and November’s midterm elections.
Jolly defeated Democrat Alex Sink 48.4 percent to 46.6 percent, with 100 percent of precincts in the Tampa Bay-area district reporting, according to the Pinellas County elections office. Libertarian Lucas Overby had 4.8 percent of the vote.