JTA — Jewish far-right firebrand Rep. Randy Fine secured a landslide victory in his Florida GOP primary on Tuesday, ending a race marked by antisemitic tropes, allusions to Adolf Hitler and sharp criticism of Islam.

The Associated Press called the race just under an hour after polls closed, at 7:53 p.m., when Fine secured 56.7 percent of the votes, with 69% of votes counted.

His main opponent, mega-influencer Dan Bilzerian, had accrued 18% of the votes by that time, though he quickly took to social media to accuse Fine of cheating, saying on X: “They clearly cheated, they literally took away my votes.”

Fine, who is currently serving his first term in Congress, was endorsed by US President Donald Trump, the Republican Jewish Coalition and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

However, he is not without controversy himself and has sparked anger in Congress on both sides of the aisle for comments disparaging Muslims. Earlier this year, in response to a Muslim activist who, in line with her religion, called to end the use of dogs as indoor pets, he said: “If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.” He also said that “we need more Islamophobia, not less.”

He also said during the war in Gaza that Palestinians in the enclave should “starve away” until the Israeli hostages were released.

Bilzerian, an influencer who has spread conspiracy theories about Jews, has previously said that he wants to “kill........

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