Democrat Dan McDow wins close race for Florida House

Well, Florida may have dodged the blue wave, but Democrats did make an impact in Brevard County. A Florida house seat just flipped blue for the first time in more than 10 years. After a machine recount, Democrat Dan McDowell secured the win in District 33. Esther Bauer hears from the new state representative. This was one of the county's closest races with razor-thin margins. Democrat Dan McDowell just winning the race after machine recount was just finalized this week. We're gonna get busy, we're gonna do what you've asked me to do. We caught up with Dan McDowell driving up to Tallahassee on Wednesday ready to work. We were armed with How can we fix this? How can I get you to help me figure out what we need to do and then make you believe we can do this? He campaigned for about 16 months on the affordability crisis of insurance and utilities and transparency in politics. He's a former West Melbourne council member and small business owner. He says his message worked because he says he's the first Democrat to hold this state house seat in more than a decade. I moved here in 2010, and it's been red since I've been here. His win also sparking statewide change. The Republican supermajority in the House is broken. Democrats now hold 50 of the 120 seats after November's election. McDowell's race went to a machine recount because it was so tight. Monique Miller ended up falling short by only 286 votes. I think this is going to get close. Yes. And We had always known that it was going to be stretched, but we didn't think it would be this close. And the Brevard County Canvassing Board is set to certify these results on Friday. Reporting in Brevard County, Esther Bauer, Fox 35 News.