Former Florida state Sen. Randy Fine will win the special election for an open House seat in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, according to a projection from the CNN Decision Desk. The result means a sigh of relief for Republicans after late concerns emerged over their candidate’s efforts in the overwhelmingly conservative district.

The trend on Election Day is increasingly favoring Republican Randy Fine in Florida’s 6th Congressional District. Yet one former Representative in that district — Gov. Ron DeSantis — is sharpening his attacks, saying President Donald Trump was misadvised to endorse the Melbourne Republican.

Florida legislative veteran and firebrand Randy Fine is up against Orlando school teacher Josh Weil for congressional district 6 today.

Gov. Ron DeSantis cast some last-minute aspersions against the congressional campaign of state Sen. Randy Fine, suggesting there was room to question why President Donald Trump endorsed him in Florida’s 6th Congressional District.

Randy Fine faces Democrat Josh Weil, Libertarian Andrew Parrott and Randall Terry, a non-partisan candidate. For 6th District voters, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday in Flagler and Putnam counties,

Florida state Sen. Randy Fine (R) was projected to win the special election for Florida’s 6th Congressional District on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, defeating Democrat Josh Weil in what

While Fine does have endorsements from Trump and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, DeSantis clearly believes that the state legislator faces a “candidate-specific issue” that will make the race against Democrat Josh Weil much closer than the strong Republican lean of the area would otherwise have it be.

Republican state Sen. Randy Fine has prevailed in a special congressional election in Florida on Tuesday, NBC News projects, though the race is shaping up to be closer than November’s results in the deeply Republican district.