President Trump's appeal will face a test Tuesday in the Florida special election to replace his national security adviser Mike Waltz in Florida’s 6th Congressional District.

Trump and Waltz each won the district by over 30 points in November but Republican candidate Randy Fine has lagged behind in fundraising and some polling in the special election for the district.

Trump and other national Republicans have turned their attention to the race over the past week ahead of what is likely to be a litmus test for Trump’s brand in the state that has become the center for the GOP universe.

“That’s what we’re seeing across the state and across the country is that people are wanting to know that their elected officials understand the moment that we are going through,” Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried said in an interview with The Hill.

Republicans themselves have sought to make Trump the central focus of the race, banking on the tactic playing well in such a conservative district.

“It’s a pretty simple election: do people believe in the agenda of President Trump?” Fine said in a video streamed on X on Sunday. “Or do we want my opponent, who made a big deal about getting endorsed by Bernie Sanders, which I don’t know that I’d brag about in this part of the world.”

“Democrats are mad because every time President Trump wins they lose,” he........

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