Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has won a special election in a heavily blue-leaning district in Florida to replace the late U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings.
Cherfilus-McCormick won the 20th Congressional District race over Republican candidate Jason Mariner, receiving 43,663 votes, or about 79 percent, to Mariner’s 10,883 votes, or about 20 percent, according to The Associated Press. The district, in which Democrats outnumber Republicans by a nearly 5–1 ratio, AP says, includes most of the majority-black neighborhoods in and around Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.
