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Posted on 03/25/2026 6:11:36 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
So, who is Emily Gregory, and how did she win in Trump’s backyard? In a surprising result, Democrat Emily Gregory won a special election in Florida’s House District 87, flipping a seat long held by Republicans. The district notably includes Mar-a-Lago, the private residence of US President Donald Trump, making the victory symbolically significant in national politics.
Running for public office for the first time, Gregory built her campaign around one central message: affordability.
She addressed rising concerns among voters about housing costs, healthcare expenses, insurance premiums, and everyday necessities. Rather than making Trump the focal point of her campaign, Gregory emphasised local issues and the needs of her constituents. She said that while Trump is a resident of the district, her priority is representing all voters across the constituency. This approach appears to have resonated with voters who are increasingly concerned about economic pressures and quality-of-life issues.
Gregory holds a degree in Health and Exercise Science and a Master of Public Health in Health Policy and Management. In addition to her public service experience, she is also a small business owner.
For the past several years, she has led a maternal fitness organization focused on supporting pregnant and postpartum women through accessible community programs.
She is also an Army spouse. Her husband, Andrew Gregory, serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army. The couple has three children, and Gregory has often highlighted her family life as a key part of her identity and motivation for public service.
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IOW she ran as an old-fashioned Democrat. Now we shall see if this is an illusion and she becomes another flaming leftist, or if she is a kind of Floridian Fetterman.
That was not a “safe” district for Republicans. All that “epic setback for Trump” is just kayfabe.
“Now we shall see if this is an illusion... “
I don’t trust any Democrat. They are all communists, Fetterman is the exception that proves the rule.
Lately it has been a district which Republicans normally win by an average of 11 points.
Perhaps not *perfectly* safe (clearly NOT) but it’s not a complete tossup either. The former incumbent (R) won by 19 points in 2024.
If the GOP flipped a district which favored Democrats by as much as that, we’d be popping champagne corks all over the place.
She’s an Abigail Spanberger clone
I’m hoping it’s the latter.
True.
Palm Beach County is somewhat less blue than Broward but it’s hardly a bastion of conservatism.
Kamala Harris won the county in 2024.
The FAKE NEWS media is hyping this all over the place as if it mattered. Its a FLORIDA STATE seat NOT a Congressional seat.
Since most people are STUPID (and the media knows this) they will think that Republicans just lost another US House seat, they didn’t.
Grok:
“Florida’s House District 87 refers to a district in the Florida House of Representatives (the lower chamber of the state legislature), not the U.S. Congress.
Key Details
Level: State legislative (Florida House of Representatives), not federal/congressional. Florida has 120 state House districts. There is no Florida congressional district numbered 87—U.S. House districts in Florida are numbered 1–28 (as of the current apportionment).
Location: It covers parts of Palm Beach County along Florida’s southeast coast, including communities such as:
Jupiter
Palm Beach Gardens
Riviera Beach
Juno Beach
Lake Park
Palm Beach Shores
Parts of Lake Worth Beach, Hypoluxo, Lantana, Manalapan, South Palm Beach, and others (it also includes Mar-a-Lago).
Current Representative (as of March 25, 2026): Emily Gregory (Democrat). She won a special election on March 24, 2026, defeating Republican Jon Maples and flipping the seat from Republican control. The vacancy occurred after former Rep. Mike Caruso (R) resigned in 2025 to become Palm Beach County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller.”
I think we both know the answer to that question.
And what exactly does she plan to do re “affordability”?
Cut government spending or tax the “rich” and get speed cameras?
Leftists and many on FR are nearly having orgasms at this, joyful at the prospect of MAGA defeat.
Yes. Many on FR, including this thread, no doubt.
There are so many losers,so desperate to stake their claim to something, even if it means being wrong 99% of the time JUST so they can be right that ONE time, that they are willing to expose themselves.
Just for that once in their lives. Of course, if that one time happens only once in a hundred, once in a thousand, or once in a million, anyone can stake those claims out and say that is success.
But you never hear these people open their fat traps when they are wrong 999,999 times out of a million. Like the Drive By Media, they just throw and keep on going until something works.
White people are extremely stupid Believe it or not white people are the ones that gives Democrats the power to rule
Please provide evidence of this besides her just being a Democrat. Has she stated any positions that are as radical as Abigal’s?
It is a very wealthy, mostly coastal, district with the largest section not near Mar a Lago but in Palm Beach Gardens. It should have been very safe.
Palm Beach ≠ Palm Beach County
Palm Beach and Manalapan are pretty safely red.
She is very pro abortion wanting to codify Roe V Wade into Florida law. Also her support of education vouchers appears to rest on all schools being subject to public school standards which at first glance appears reasonable but if it starts including hiring standards and curriculum becomes a way for teacher unions to control private education.
She was (from what I’ve read) very good at telling people what they want to hear. She favors expanding Medicaid and ACA subsidies. Voters for the most part do not understand how costly those moves would be. They just know how costly health care expenses are now. Taxpayer dollars and future debt mean pfttt to them. What comes out of their own wallets right now is what drives their political choices.
Republican candidates need to understand this. They need to run on the assumption that voters are selfish and want the promise of easy fixes.
One political party excels at getting the vote in every election including special elections and off cycle elections. The other party doesn’t. The results are predictable.
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