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佛罗里达州一名共和党州立法候选人正试图保住共和党对一个长期空缺的州众议院席位的控制权。该席位位于以棕榈滩为中心的选区，其中包括总统唐纳德·特朗普的私人宅邸海湖庄园。
共和党人乔恩·梅普尔斯（Jon Maples）将在佛罗里达州众议院第87选区的补选中对阵民主党人艾米丽·格雷戈里（Emily Gregory），以填补去年8月因共和党州议员迈克·卡鲁索（Mike Caruso）辞职而空缺的席位。卡鲁索当时辞职出任棕榈滩县书记员和审计长。
这场投票之争是周二佛罗里达州（共和党主导）举行的三场州立法补选之一。尽管这些选举不会改变该州立法机构的权力平衡——共和党在众议院和参议院已主导超过四分之一个世纪——但这场总统老家选区的”吹嘘权”之争仍备受关注。
梅普尔斯得到了特朗普的支持。特朗普于2019年将其主要永久居所从纽约市的特朗普大厦迁至佛罗里达州棕榈滩的海湖庄园。他还获得了多位佛罗里达州顶级共和党人的支持。
总统周一晚间在社交媒体上发文称：”明天，3月24日周二，佛罗里达州棕榈滩县第87选区将举行一场非常重要的补选——乔恩·梅普尔斯获得了我完全且绝对的支持！”
43岁的梅普尔斯是一名财务规划师，曾担任克拉克湖镇委员会成员。他在棕榈滩大西洋大学就读期间曾是全美运动员。他的竞选纲领包括减税和削减政府开支、减少监管、促进私营部门创造就业机会以及推进学校选择政策。
格雷戈里是一名40岁的陆军军官配偶，拥有并经营着一家位于朱庇特的针对孕妇和产后女性的健身中心。作为首次参选的候选人，她的竞选核心议题包括提高生活成本可负担性、增加公共教育投入、解决不断上涨的财产保险和住房成本问题，以及保障医疗保健获取渠道。
梅普尔斯在补选前夕被视为热门人选，这得益于他在一个偏向保守的选区中拥有的筹款优势。特朗普在2024年连任选举中以约10个百分点的优势赢得该选区。
梅普尔斯若胜选，将进一步证明共和党在棕榈滩县（该地区曾长期为深蓝州）的强势崛起。
在佛罗里达州中部的希尔斯伯勒县，共和党人乔西·汤姆科（Josie Tomkow）和民主党人布莱恩·内森（Brian Nathan）将在周二的参议院第14选区补选中对阵，以接替共和党人杰伊·柯林斯（Jay Collins）。柯林斯去年8月辞职，出任该州副州长。
该选区涵盖了民主党倾向明显的坦帕大部分地区以及共和党倾向明显的希尔斯伯勒西北部郊区。
共和党人希拉里·霍利（Hilary Holley）和民主党人埃德温·佩雷斯（Edwin Perez）将在众议院第51选区补选中角逐，以接替汤姆科。该选区覆盖了佛罗里达州中部的波尔克县部分地区。
保罗·施泰因豪泽（Paul Steinhauser）是《政治记者》驻摇摆州新罕布什尔州的记者，负责报道全国竞选活动。
Trump-backed Republican battles to hold key Florida seat in president’s stomping ground
March 24, 2026 11:06am EDT / Fox News
A GOP state legislative candidate in Florida is aiming to keep Republicans in control of a long-vacant state house seat in a Palm Beach-anchored district that includes Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s home turf.
Republican Jon Maples is facing off in a special election in Florida’s House District 87 against Democrat Emily Gregory in the race to fill the seat left vacant last August, when GOP state Rep. Mike Caruso resigned to become Palm Beach County clerk and comptroller.
The ballot box battle is one of three special legislative elections being held in GOP-dominated Florida on Tuesday. And while the contests won’t change the balance of power in the state legislature, where for more than a quarter-century Republicans have held majorities in both the House and Senate chambers, bragging rights are up for grabs in the president’s home district.
Maples is backed by Trump, who moved his primary permanent residence in 2019 from Trump Tower in New York City to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. He is also backed by a number of top Sunshine State Republicans.
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“There is a very important Special Election tomorrow, Tuesday, March 24th, for Florida State House District 87 in beautiful Palm Beach County — JON MAPLES HAS MY COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENDORSEMENT!” the president wrote in a social media post on Monday evening.
The 43-year-old Maples, a financial planner and former Lake Clarke Shores Council member who during his years at Palm Beach Atlantic University was an all-American athlete, has made cutting taxes and government spending, reducing regulations, promoting private sector job creation, and advancing school choice.
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Gregory, a 40-year-old Army spouse, owns and runs a Jupiter-based fitness center for pregnant and postpartum women. The first-time candidate has made affordability, increasing public education, tackling rising property insurance and housing costs, and access to health care key parts of her campaign.
Maples was the favorite heading into the special election, thanks to his fundraising advantage in a district that leans to the right. Trump carried the district by roughly ten points in his 2024 re-election victory.
A victory by Maples would be further evidence of the GOP surge in Palm Beach County, which was once firmly blue.
In central Florida’s Hillsborough County, Republican Josie Tomkow and Democrat Brian Nathan are facing off Tuesday in the State Senate 14 race to succeed Republican Jay Collins, who resigned from the seat in August to become the state’s lieutenant governor.
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The district includes much of Democrat-leaning Tampa as well as the more GOP-leaning Northwest Hillsborough suburbs.
And Republican Hilary Holley and Democrat Edwin Perez are on the ballot in the special election in House District 51, in the race to replace Tomkow. The district covers parts of Polk County, in the central part of the state.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.
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