‘We Feel Fantastic’: Florida Dem Candidate Josh Weil Sounds Optimistic Before Special Election

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Josh Weil, the Democratic candidate in a Florida Special Election, sounds an optimistic tone.

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00:00From the largest seat flip in the history of every kid, every family, every day.

00:07And that is exactly what we should expect from our elected representatives.

00:12Yes.

00:18This race is about the people of District 6.

00:20This race is about a community that has seen the essential government services

00:26that they rely on put in jeopardy by, and has an opportunity to send someone in

00:33to fight for Social Security, to fight for Medicaid and Medicare,

00:38to fight for our Veterans Administration,

00:41to fight to protect our Department of Education.

00:45He can't do this without us.

00:48And we have to make sure that the entire world knows

00:52that it is important for us to flip this seat.

01:01That's all I really want to say.

01:04And now I am introducing our chair for Marion County, Diana Williams.

01:13Thank you, Francine.

01:14Hi, Diana.

01:15Hi there, how are you doing?

01:17I'm so glad you all are here tonight.

01:19We've been working so hard.

01:22How are you feeling going into election night?

01:24We feel fantastic.

01:25The numbers look great.

01:26Our polling numbers look great.

01:28We feel like we have a comfortable lead in the votes right now

01:31and that we have a lot of energized Dems and independent voters

01:34that are going to be showing up on election day.

01:36We feel really good about tomorrow night.

01:38Do you feel like this is a referendum on Randy Fine or a referendum on the President?

01:44I mean, none of this is isolated.

01:46This is April of 2025.

01:49This is a district that is more than 25% age 65 and above

01:54and essential services they rely on have been put in jeopardy by this administration.

01:58And the person running on the Republican side has shown no interest

02:04in attempting to reach out, communicate with the district, talk to people,

02:08or say that he'll serve them.

02:10He is adamant over and over again that he is going to serve only one person

02:13if he is elected and that person doesn't live in District 6.

‘We Feel Fantastic’: Florida Dem Candidate Josh Weil Sounds Optimistic Before Special Election

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