How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Gave Florida Democrats a Chance

What happened: A New Yorker report describes Democrat Eliott Rodriguez campaigning in Florida's Twenty-seventh District, where Republican incumbent María Elvira Salazar released an ad breaking with Trump over immigration enforcement. Key numbers: Salazar won in 2024 by more than twenty points. Trump's approval rating is in the mid- to low thirties. Why it matters: The report says Salazar's turnabout sparked a fund-raising windfall for Rodriguez from national donors, and political forecasters shifted the seat from "likely Republican" to "lean Republican," with some calling it a toss-up.

A New Yorker report describes Democrat Eliott Rodriguez campaigning in Florida's Twenty-seventh District, where Republican incumbent María Elvira Salazar released an ad breaking with Trump over immigration enforcement.

The report says Salazar's turnabout sparked a fund-raising windfall for Rodriguez from national donors, and political forecasters shifted the seat from "likely Republican" to "lean Republican," with some calling it a toss-up.