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Florida is key to Trump's campaign strategy — again

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - Democrats hoped to score major wins in Florida in 2018, with an influx of new voters from Puerto Rico fuming over President Donald Trump's tepid response to a ravaging hurricane and a diverse Latino population alarmed at his polarizing immigration policies.

But while Democrats won widely last November, Florida Republicans pulled off tight wins in a battleground state that's famous for them, keeping the governorship under Republican control and flipping a Senate seat long held by a Democrat.

The victories gave Trump a powerful pair of allies for his reelection campaign as well as confidence that his attention to Florida is paying off.

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