Republican state Sen. Randy Fine has prevailed in a special congressional election in Florida on Tuesday, NBC News projects, though the race is shaping up to be closer than November’s results in the deeply Republican district.

The Republican candidate is running for the seat that National Security Adviser Michael Waltz won by 33 points in November.

GOP state Sen. Randy Fine is seeking to calm Republican preelection jitters in what has become an unusually competitive special election for a solidly red seat in central Florida. Fine is facing Josh Weil,

Florida Republican state Sen. Randy Fine easily won the first of two crucial special elections for the US House in the Sunshine State Tuesday, temporarily bolstering the GOP’s razor-thin majority. Fine was projected to defeat Democrat Josh Weil,

Republican Randy Fine easily defeated Democrat Josh Weil in the special election for Florida’s traditionally solid-red sixth congressional district, election forecasters project, further padding House Republicans’ slim margins during a busy legislative year for Republicans at the start of Donald Trump’s second term.

Republican Randy Fine defeated his Democratic challenger to fill the House seat previously held by Trump national security advisor Michael Waltz.

Democrats have won the fundraising race and polls show a tighter than expected race for a Congressional district has been solidly for the GOP.

Despite being outraised and outspent, Fine earned 56.7% of the vote, winning all six counties that comprise the 6th.

Florida state Sen. Randy Fine (R) has won the special election for Florida’s 6th Congressional District on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, defeating Democrat Josh Weil in what became a