Randy Fine Defeats Antisemitic Challenger Dan Bilzerian in Florida GOP Primary

Representative Randy Fine, Florida's only Jewish Republican in Congress, won Tuesday's primary in the state's sixth district with about 57 percent to 18 percent for influencer Dan Bilzerian. Bilzerian campaigned on explicit antisemitism, posting about a Jewish problem in the district, directing an antisemitic slur at Fine, and saying he wants to kill Israelis. An August 11 analysis found 33 percent of that campaign account's posts were antisemitic. Fine, endorsed by President Trump, the Republican Jewish Coalition and AIPAC, called the campaign against him an organized pogrom against the Jews. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries denounced Bilzerian before the vote, as did Jewish members of Congress.