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.
She’s an Abigail Spanberger clone
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.”
And what exactly does she plan to do re “affordability”?
Cut government spending or tax the “rich” and get speed cameras?
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.
So, what can a state representative do to overcome the laws and forces of economics? Oops, nothing. They can’t/won’t, and have no intention of reducing real “costs”.
When Democrat/Socialist politicians say “affordable”, Dem/Soc voters hear “I’ll pay less The government will coerce rich people and corporations to subsidize the price of what I’d like to consume.” Democrat voters are fine with that — after all, it’s a form of theft.
Republican politicians must make it clear when their opponents promise communist schemes that never work. Just like the Dems brought us Affordable Health Care by naming their coercive law that.
“Running for public office for the first time, Gregory built her campaign around one central message: affordability.”
Lots of democrats are running with the message “affordability” these days. But theres NO SUCH THING as democrats delivering on lowering the costs of living. Ever.
Democrats may talk a good game about being the biggest supporters, defenders, and protectors of the poor and middle class. But give democrats the reins of power over a city or state and they make it much too expensive to live and survive for everyone except the rich and wealthy.
The top most expensive cities in the US to live in are all controlled by democrats. DC, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, Seattle, Boston, Denver, Chicago, Hartford, Austin, etc.
How many votes were cast in that race?