{"id":1732542,"date":"2022-11-09T18:02:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T23:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1732542"},"modified":"2022-11-09T18:02:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T23:02:46","slug":"flipped-to-red-ex-nfl-player-wins-florida-state-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flipped-to-red-ex-nfl-player-wins-florida-state-senate-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Flipped To Red\u2019: Ex-NFL Player Wins Florida State Senate Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflipped-to-red-ex-nfl-player-wins-florida-state-senate-seat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1732542&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Philadelphia Eagles player Corey Simon won a Florida State Senate seat on Tuesday in the 2022 midterm elections, turning a once blue district to red.<\/p>\n<p>Simon defeated incumbent Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/parkland-father-demands-apology-from-democrat-over-school-shooting-ad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loranne Ausley<\/a> for Florida\u2019s Senate District Three Tuesday night, where he beat out Ausley with 53% of the vote to the Democrat\u2019s 47% in state returns, the <a href=\"https:\/\/theeagleswire.usatoday.com\/2022\/11\/09\/philadelphia-eagles-news-corey-simon-state-senate-election-florida\/\">Eagleswire USA Today.com<\/a> reported in a piece published Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>After results came in, the former Eagles player tweeted to his thousands of followers, \u201cWe did it! #TeamSimon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We did it! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamSimon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamSimon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v1PaN8ffdA\">pic.twitter.com\/v1PaN8ffdA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Corey Simon (@csime90) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/csime90\/status\/1590177126854332417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlipped to RED!\u201d a tweet from the Florida GOP read. \u201cCongratulations Senator-elect [csime90]\u00a0on your HUGE victory tonight!\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Flipped to RED! Congratulations Senator-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/csime90?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@csime90<\/a> on your HUGE victory tonight! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vxnszCMQjq\">pic.twitter.com\/vxnszCMQjq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florida GOP (@FloridaGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FloridaGOP\/status\/1590169190358388738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFLIP ALERT!\u201d the Republican State Leadership Committee added in another tweet. \u201cCorey Simon has flipped a seat in the Florida state Senate. Corey will keep working toward a brighter future for all Floridians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FLIP ALERT! Corey Simon has flipped a seat in the Florida state Senate. Corey will keep working toward a brighter future for all Floridians. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jrGHG6dJ2y\">pic.twitter.com\/jrGHG6dJ2y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Republican State Leadership Committee (@RSLC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSLC\/status\/1590217506991788032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats to NFL Alum Corey Simon! (Eagles, Colts, Titans; 2000-07). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m3XQb6Wdzu\">https:\/\/t.co\/m3XQb6Wdzu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL Alumni (@NFLAlumni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLAlumni\/status\/1590391586051223553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a portion of Simon\u2019s victory speech posted online, the state Senator-elect thanked all of his fans, noting that his Pop Warner football team was even there to celebrate as he promised to make them all proud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe finally got a seat at the table,\u201d Simon told supporters at his Election Night watch party Tuesday night, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2022\/11\/08\/florida-senate-district-3-loranne-ausley-corey-simon-election-results\/10617030002\/\">Talhassee Democrat<\/a> noted.\u00a0\u201cFor the first time since Reconstruction, Tallahassee District 3 will be represented by a Republican.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re gonna celebrate for the next 24 hours and then we\u2019re going to get to work,\u201d Simon told a reporter, the outlet noted. \u201cI\u2019m so thankful to have this opportunity to represent the folks of District 3, but this district can\u2019t be forgotten any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Republican Corey Simon delivers a victory speech after defeating incumbent Democrat Loranne Ausley in the race for Florida Senate District 3, which has been historically Democratic. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/election2022?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#election2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EzqqVCSlUe\">pic.twitter.com\/EzqqVCSlUe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Valerie Crowder (@valcrowder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/valcrowder\/status\/1590158643382685696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Simon first became a star in Tallahassee under coach Bobby Bowden when he was with the Florida State Seminoles football team. He will now represent the city, which is in Florida Senate District #3.<\/p>\n<p>The former professional football player was selected in the 2000 NFL Draft in the sixth spot overall, the outlet noted. \u00a0He not only played for the Eagles during his career, but for the Indianapolis Colts, and Tennessee Titans.\u00a0He was picked to the ProBowl in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Simon\u2019s victory followed a very good night for Republicans in the Sunshine State where Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-desantis\">Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a> won his re-election handily against Democratic challenger Charlie Crist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ben-shapiro-gives-key-takeaways-from-gops-midterms-red-ripple\">Ben Shapiro Gives Key Takeaways From GOP\u2019s Midterms Red Ripple<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Philadelphia Eagles player Corey Simon won a Florida State Senate seat on Tuesday in the 2022 midterm elections, turning a once blue district to red. Simon defeated incumbent Democrat Loranne Ausley for Florida\u2019s Senate District Three Tuesday night, where he beat out Ausley with 53% of the vote to the Democrat\u2019s 47% in state &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1732545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1732542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1732542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1732545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1732542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1732542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1732542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}