Trump-opposing GOP Rep. Carlos Curbelo loses tight re-election

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Republican incumbent Rep. Carlos Curbelo has conceded to Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in Florida's 26th Congressional District, The New York Times reports.

CNN and The Associated Press have also called the race for Mucarsel-Powell. She secured 50.7 percent of the vote to Curbelo's 49.3, with 97 percent of precincts reporting, per Politico.

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Kathryn Krawczyk
Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.