New Blue America Endorsement: Olivia Babis In Florida
Florida's 23rd state Senate district includes all of Sarasota County and coastal Charlotte County. It's 91.6% white, very red. Trump beat Hillary here 55.26% to 40.86%. This year one part of the district went through a widely publicized GOP lunatic episode/political scandal that shook up the whole area. Florida Republicans expected their candidate, Joe Gruters, to waltz into the Senate.