Crypto friendly Republican candidate wins Florida congressional special election

BlockBeats News: On April 2nd, according to Decrypt, cryptocurrency friendly Republican candidates Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine won the Florida congressional special election on Tuesday night, with strong support from the cryptocurrency industry's super political action committee (PAC), allowing the Republican Party to maintain its slim majority in the House of Representatives. Fine defeated Democrat Josh Weil with 56.7% of the vote in Florida's sixth district, while Patronis defeated Gay Valimont with 57% of the vote in Florida's first district. Both campaigns received strong support from Defend American Jobs, a Republican focused cryptocurrency political action committee affiliated with the broader Fairshake political funding network.