Cory Mills named Florida U.S. House District 7 GOP Primary winner (2024)

REASON OR ANOTHER THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO RUN. SO THEY ARE OPEN SEATS. REPORTER: WE ARE WATCHING DISTRICT 10 AND DISTRICT SEVEN. WE WILL START WITH DISTRICT 10, 1 OF THE RACES WAS JUST CALLED ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. THIS IS PLAYING OUT LARGELY LIKE PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WOULD. THIS RACE WAS CALLED A FEW MOMENTS AGO, CALVIN WIMBISH WON THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR DISTRICT 10. THIS WAS THE SEAT HELD BY VAL DEMINGS. ON THE OTHER, FOR DEMOCRATS, MAXWELL TRUST, HE IS IN THE LEAD WITH 33% OF THE VOTE. RANDOLPH COMING IN. THAT IS THE LINEUP WERE EXPECTING IN THIS RACE. MAXWELL FROST HAS MADE A BIG SPLASH IN THIS RACE. HE WANTS TO BE THE FIRST GEN Z YEAR IN CONGRESS. HE’S BEEN TALK ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL, HE WANT TO GET THIS RACE BECAUSE HE WAS INSPIRED BY SANDY HOOK. THAT IS WHAT INSPIRED HIM TO FIGHT IN CONGRESS. HE RAISED A TON OF MONEY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN, MORE THAN $1 MILLION, ANY OF HIS COMPETITORS. HE ALSO HAD A LOT OF ENDORSEMENTS. HE’S GOT JESSE JACKSON, HERE HE IS IN THE LEAD. LET’S SWITCH TO DISTRICT SEVEN, IT IS NOT FINAL, WHERE THINGS STAND AT THE MOMENT. THIS IS DISTRICT SEVEN ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. THIS IS ALSO FROM ALL THE RESEARCH I HAVE BEEN DOING, CORY MILLS HAS BEEN LOUD AND DETERMINED TO GET THE NOMINATION . HE IS CURRENTLY LEADING, THIS IS NOT BEEN CALLED SEPARATELY LEADING WITH 41 PERCENT OF THE VOTE. SABATINI SAID THEY’VE BEEN NECK AND NECK. HIS TOUGH TALKING, NOT GOING TO TAKE ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY. ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE, THIS IS BEEN A RACE WHERE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THESE CANDIDATES. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM. KAREN GREEN COMING OUT ON TOP WITH A HUGE LEAD, 45% OF THE VOTE. THIS IS NOT BEEN CALLED, AL HAS RUN THIS RACE BEFORE. WHY CAN’T HE SEEM TO GET ANY TRACTION? HE HAS TALKED ABOUT HOW HE’S GOT THE EXPERIENCE, HE HAS LIVED HERE, OR TEARS OF PEOPLE KNOW HIM, HE JUST CAN’T SEEM TO DO IT. GREG: HE IS SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT ACTUALLY FARE PRETTY WELL IN A STATEHOUSE RACE. I THINK HE WOULD BE A PERFECT CANDIDATE IN THE RACE IN WHICH HE IS DRAWING PEOPLE INTO HIS IDEOLOGY, MAYBE A DISTRICT THAT LEANS DEMOCRATS OF THAT WOULD BE FINE. BUT KAREN GREEN, DR. KAREN GREEN, VICE CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SHE IS GOING HAVE A LOT OF STATEWIDE SUPPORT, A LOT OF HELP WITH STAFFING AND RESOURCES. IT IS GOING TO PAY OFF IN A RACE LIKE THIS. REPORTER: NEITHER OF THESE RACES HAVE BEEN CALLED. ONLY DISTRICT 10 ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. WE ARE GOING TO KEEP WATCHING THE RESULTS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. JIM: JUST A FOLLOW-UP ON THE DISTRICT 10 RACE WHERE MATTHEW FROST IS AHEAD RIGHT NOW, HE IS AN INTERESTING CANDIDATE, UNCONVENTIONAL, VERY YOUNG. HE HAS AN INTERESTING STORY THAT YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT POST SANDY HOOK. HE SET UP CAMP DOWNTOWN MADE UP A STRONG PRESENCE EARLY ON IN THIS RACE. GREG: HE DID. YOU COULD SEE HIM EVERY RALLY, HE GOT ARRESTED IN JULY 2020 AT ONE OF THOSE RALLIES. THAT CHARGE WAS DROPPED BY THE STATE ATTORNEY. HE IS NOT PROSECUTED. STANDING UP WHEN THERE WERE A LOT OF BLACK LIVES MATTER’S PROTESTS, LOTS OF TEARGAS INCIDENTS WE REPORTED ON IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO. HE SHOWED UP AT ALL OF THOSE. HE ALSO BENEFITED FROM SOMETHING THE OTHER CANDIDATES DID NOT HAVE SUBBED MORE THAN 80% OF HIS MONEY, OUT OF ALL THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS OF THAT RACE, HE GOT 80% OF HIS MONEY FROM OUT OF STATE. JIM: ONE MORE THING, ALAN GRAYSON HAS WON ALMOST EVERY OPPORTUNITY. HE HAS WON TWICE, BUT HE HAS LOST A BUNCH. IS HE EFFECTIVELY DONE NOW? OR DO WE SEE HIM AGAIN? GREG: I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BAD BET, JIM. 2024 IS ANOTHER ELECTION YEAR. [LAUGHTER] REPORTER: I’M CURIOUS ABOUT RANDOLPH BRACY AND WHY YOU DON’T THINK HE WAS ABLE TO COME OUT ON TOP OF MAXWELL FROST. GREG: I HAVE TO BE HONEST, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD OVERCOME THE MONEY. RANDOLPH BRACY IS WELL-CONNECTED IN THIS COMMUNITY. THE NAME IS WELL-CONNECTED. HIS SISTER IS RUNNING. >> SHE ONE. GREG: IN HOUSE DISTRICT 40. SHE ONE IN THAT PRIMARY -- SHE WON AND THAT PRIMARY. PARENTS ARE MINISTERS, PASTORS, I THOUGHT THEY WERE WELL-CONNECTED. THE FACT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, HE HAS BEEN THE LAWMAKERS ABOUT THAT HE WOULD HAVE THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGE FOR ALL THAT MONEY THAT WAS BACKING FROST. THE OTHER MESSAGE GOING ON FOR FROST IS AFTER THE ISSUE, THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF CONTROVERSY ABOUT WHETHER HE DID ANYTHING TO HELP PASS A LOT, RANDOLPH BRACY ALWAYS SAID YOU DIDN’T DO ANYTHING TO HELP PASS ANYTHING, YOU ARE DEMONSTRATORS OF I WAS A LAWMAKER. THEY ARE BOTH KIND OF RIGHT. I WAS THERE TO WIN THOSE STUDENTS WERE MARCHING AFTER THAT PARKLAND MASSACRE, IN TALLAHASSEE. THOSE LAWMAKERS WERE PAYING ATTENTION WHEN DOZENS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING MAXWELL FROST, WERE SHOWING UP AT THE CAPITAL. I THINK IT WOU