Democratic wave falls short and Austin Rogers holds CD 2 for GOP
Even as Democrats reclaimed control of the U.S. House and posted gains across the country, Republican Austin Rogers held Florida's 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday, denying Democrats a breakthrough in North Florida despite the party's most favorable political environment in more than a decade. Rogers received 160,746 votes, or 52.2%, to Green's 146,862 votes, or 47.8%, according to unofficial results from all 16 counties in the district. The victory allows the 35-year-old Bay County attorney to succeed retiring five-term U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn and extends Republican control of the seat into a second decade. The open-seat race had become a test of whether Democratic gains fueled by frustration with President Donald Trump could overcome the districts deep red tilt the GOP has enjoyed for a decade. Trump carried the district by roughly 18 percentage points in 2024. While Green improved on recent Democratic performances by narrowing Republican margins Rogers held enough Republican territory to keep the seat in GOP hands. Green's path depended on piling up votes in Tallahassee, the district's Democratic center, while cutting into Republican advantages elsewhere. She did both. Green carried Leon County, the district's largest, by a margin of 83,344 votes to 39,424 for Rogers. She
