Republican Randy Fine, just elected to a state Senate seat in Brevard County, is a candidate in the special election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, now an open seat as incumbent Michael Waltz is resigning to serve as national security adviser to President-elect Donald Trump.

If elected, the Florida state legislator, who has a history of inflammatory comments, would be the fourth Jewish Republican in the next Congress

The expected avalanche of support for State Senator Randy Fine’s newly-announced congressional campaign has begun with Sen. Rick Scott and House Leadership fo