In an early election night call, Democrat Donna Shalala flipped a Miami-Dade County seat held by a popular retiring Republican congresswoman.
NBC News and CBS News called the race for Shalala, a former Clinton cabinet member.
She beat Republican Maria Elvira Salazar in the race for a seat long held by retiring Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R). The district, which covers Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Key Biscayne and Little Havana, overwhelmingly supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race, even as Ros-Lehtinen held on to her seat.
Shalala, 77, was seen for a time as a weaker-than-expected Democratic nominee against her 56-year-old opponent. The former Health and Human Services secretary and University Of Miami president had never run for elected office.
Taking it to the hoop for two!
Score two!!! Lets keep going!!!
May it be an omen for things to come!!!
Josh’s EdBlog on Gillum and Nelson in FLA is a little tough to see right now.
“…by obscenely-paid, pompous jackasses on Sunday mornings who smugly phone it in week after week.”