President Donald Trump has helped Democrats win an improbable victory in Florida, taking a state Senate seat away from the Republicans who have dominated state politics for two decades. Trump was a focal point in last week's special election, which sends Annette Taddeo to Tallahassee as the first Latina Democrat in the Florida Senate. Democrats latched on to the fact Diaz had been a contestant on Trump's reality TV show "The Apprentice" before becoming a state representative. Democrats have struggled in special legislative elections, and Tuesday's vote probably would have gone unnoticed if the state Democratic Party hadn't focused so heavily on an anti-Trump strategy. Democratic strategist Christian Ulvert said Taddeo presented a message of unity at a time when voters are upset about the divisiveness of politics Trump represents.

Source: ABC News October 02, 2017 20:21 UTC