Dems have momentum in Florida. But can they reverse state's MAGA shift?

Recent election cycles have been bleak for Florida Democrats, as the state morphed from key battleground to reliably Republican, but Emily Gregory wasn't deterred from trying to flip a GOP seat in the seat legislature. Gregory believes the "branding" of her native Florida as a red state is overblown, and decided to test her "theory" on the campaign trail.

Gregory, 40, lives in Palm Beach County, the home of President Donald Trump. Once strongly favoring Democrats, the county moved toward Republicans in recent elections, but there are signs the political winds may be shifting again.

In March Gregory won a Palm Beach state House seat that Trump had carried by 11 percentage points, where his Mar-a-Lago estate is located.

Her takeaway: "Florida was never as red as advertised."

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