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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Republican Jason Mariner hasn't conceded in <keyword id="11910362" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="florida" source="Orion">Florida</keyword>'s 20th District special election House race.</li><li><keyword id="12966097" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sheila-cherfilus-mccormick" source="Orion">Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick</keyword>, a progressive Democrat, beat Mariner in a 79%-20% landslide.</li></ul>A Florida Republican who last Tuesday lost a congressional special election by a landslide in a heavily Democratic district has declined to concede the race, <a href="https://miami.cbslocal.com/2022/01/12/cherfilus-mccormick-wins-vacant-florida-us-house-seat/">according to CBS Miami</a>.Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick — a Democrat who pledged to fight for $1,000 monthly checks for Americans and who backs progressive policies such as the Green New Deal and "Medicare for All" — easily defeated the Republican Jason Mariner in the race to succeed the Rep. <keyword id="12966098" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alcee-hastings" source="Orion">Alcee Hastings</keyword>, who died in April.With all precincts <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/11/us/elections/results-florida-20-special-general.html">reporting</a>, Cherfilus-McCormick defeated Mariner 78.7% to 19.6% in Florida's 20th District — a 59.1-percentage-point victory. She received 43,663 votes to her opponent's 10,883 votes.But in a move reminiscent of former President <keyword id="11914386" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="donald-trump" source="Orion">Donald Trump</keyword>, who continues to dispute his election loss to President Joe Biden, Mariner has made claims of irregularities in the South Florida district."Now they called the race — I did not win, so they say, but that does not mean that they lost either, it does not mean that we lost," the Republican told CBS after the race was called.Before the polls closed for the special election, Mariner filed a lawsuit alleging ballot issues in Broward and Palm Beach counties, the two populous Democratic-leaning jurisdictions that anchor the district."We'll also have some stuff coming out that we've recently discovered," Mariner told the TV station without elaborating.Cherfilus-McCormick — who <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/02/us/elections/results-florida-20-special-primary.html">eked</a> by Dale Holness by five votes in a multicandidate Democratic primary in November — brushed off Mariner's actions."Well, this wouldn't be my first time running against an opponent who is refusing to concede, so it's not our first time, and at the end of the day nothing can stop the motion," she told CBS.Holness, a former Broward County commissioner, filed a <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/florida-u-s-house-candidate-sues-to-get-primary-loss-erased/">lawsuit</a> in November seeking to invalidate the Democratic primary results, alleging that Cherfilus-McCormick's advocacy for universal basic income was tantamount to bribing voters.Election officials in Broward and Palm Beach counties told CBS the election results would be certified in 14 days — with challenges permitted for 10 days after that point.While candidates who are unsuccessful in their races aren't legally bound to formally concede, Trump's continued refusal to acknowledge his 2020 loss despite <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2020-vs-2016-electoral-college-maps-trump-biden-clinton-president-2020-11">a clear 306-232 Electoral College victory</a> for Biden has morphed into a major point of contention for partisans, from the grassroots level to the halls of Congress.In the wake of Trump's defeat in 2020, Republicans across the US have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-loss-state-republicans-voting-restrictions-laws-electoral-college-biden-2021-1">raced</a> to implement voting restrictions, fueled by Trump's widely debunked <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-lawsuits-election-results-2020-11">claims</a> of mass voter fraud.Congressional Democrats have sought to nullify many of the provisions of Republican-authored election laws with the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2747">Freedom to Vote Act</a> and the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4">John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act</a> but have been stymied nearly unanimous GOP opposition to the bills as well as by resistance from Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona to changing the filibuster.

A Florida Republican who was defeated by 59 percentage points in a congressional special election won't concede

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Rep. Shri Thanedar's face is splashed across several billboards in the Detroit area.</li><li>They're funded with at least $45,460 in taxpayer dollars via a practice known as "franking."</li></ul>If you're driving down a highway in the Detroit metro area, you're likely to come across at least one of them: a shiny billboard featuring Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar's smiling face."REACH CONGRESSMAN SHRI 24/7," the tower advertisement typically blares alongside a link to Thanedar's official House website.But while the billboards are likely to boost Thanedar's profile and name recognition as he faces a competitive primary in Michigan's 13th congressional district, they're not paid for by his campaign.They're paid for by Thanedar's congressional office — which is funded via <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="c-link" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/which-lawmakers-spend-taxpayer-dollars-twitter-2023-9">taxpayer dollars</a>.It's unclear exactly how much of his office budget is going toward billboards. The congressman did not provide an exact figure to Business Insider, and records filed with the House of Representatives covering 2023 aren't entirely clear.But those records show that Thanedar's office spent nearly $327,000 on advertising in 2023, $45,460 of which went directly to two billboard companies: Lamar and Outfront Media.<div type="image" title="One of Thanedar's billboards in the Chadsey Condon neighborhood of Detroit." height="1500" width="2000" msid="108687667" hostid="261" sizebytes="728556"></div>Lawmakers have to communicate with their constituents, and that does cost money. But Thanedar's spending habits highlight the gray area that's long existed when it comes to so-called "franking" — an antiquated term that once referred to a lawmaker's signature on a piece of mail but now refers to all forms of taxpayer-funded mass communication by congressional offices.In a statement to Business Insider, Thanedar attributed the billboards and other mass communications to the state's 2022 redistricting, noting that his current district includes portions of previous districts represented by Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Dingell, as well as former Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence."My office received calls from constituents of neighboring congresswomen and vice versa," said Thanedar. "To address this, we significantly ramped up our outreach efforts through various media."Daniel Schuman, the director of governance at the POPVOX Foundation, said that the appropriateness of such spending comes down to factors like timing and the particular circumstances of the district's geography."Is it appropriate for a member to buy a billboard?" said Schuman. "The answer, I think, is that it depends."House records show that Thanedar's taxpayer-funded payments to billboard companies began in October, after it had <a target="_blank" href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/09/14/congress/house-dems-michigan-primary-challenge-thanedar-00115738">become clear</a> that he would face a challenge from State Sen. Adam Hollier, who Thanedar defeated in the crowded 2022 Democratic primary.<h2>The rules around 'franking'</h2>"Franking" has long been a gray area within American politics. The practice dates back to the country's founding, when government officials could use their signatures to disseminate information via the postal system without having to pay for stamps.Lawmakers still <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-garcia-earmarks-omnibus-government-spending-2024-1">send mail to their constituents</a>, but that's not all they can do with taxpayer money. They can also send texts and emails, cut radio ads, and even create billboards and TV ads.There are <a target="_blank" href="https://cha.house.gov/_cache/files/0/0/007fab34-97cc-419b-b063-70b9299445e7/0F8965C39CA29112125299E43FDF595C.communications-standards-manual---updated-9.21.23-34-.pdf">clear rules</a> barring members of Congress from using franking for overt political or campaign purposes, which are enforced by the House Communications Standards Commission and the Senate Ethics Committee.In other words, lawmakers can't use taxpayer money to create materials asking voters to support them in an upcoming election.Furthermore, lawmakers are prohibited from sending unsolicited mass communications for 60 days before any primary or general election — meaning Thanedar's billboards will have to come down by June 7, which is 60 days before Michigan's August 6 primary elections.<div type="image" title="Thanedar's billboard in Lincoln Park, Michigan." height="1500" width="2000" msid="108687668" hostid="261" sizebytes="252968"></div>There are currently no strict guidelines around the amount of money that members of Congress can spend on advertising — they just have to balance it against other expenses, including staff compensation, in their office budgets, which average roughly $1.9 million in the House and $4.1 million in the Senate.The Michigan congressman is by no means the only member of Congress to blur the lines when it comes to franking.Republican Rep. Bill Timmons of South Carolina has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.postandcourier.com/greenville/politics/william-timmons-adam-morgan-congress-sc-billboard-ads-mailers-franking/article_843e6928-db17-11ee-8faf-e7cfdff45251.html">reportedly increased</a> his own congressional office spending as he's faced a primary challenge from the right, and Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is facing a House Ethics Committee probe that may relate to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insideelections.com/news/article/the-congresswoman-cherfilus-mccormick-the-taxpayer-funded-tv-ads">taxpayer-funded TV ads</a> that closely resemble her campaign ads.But Thanedar's office appears to spend way more than the average House office on "franking." And there's little doubt the billboards help boost his profile."If it's just a billboard with your name and the URL… maybe that's a way of encouraging people to contact the office," said Schuman. "Does that work? I don't know. It could be just about name recognition."<h2>'Money spent on this takes away from other things'</h2>According to data from Legistorm, the average House office spent almost 78% of its budget on staffer compensation in 2023 — which accounted for just 38% of Thanedar's budget. On the other hand, the Michigan congressman spent 31.4% of his budget on printing and reproduction, nearly 10 times more than the average of 3.4%."My perspective is that there should be limits for the amount of money that you can spend on [franking]," said Schuman. "Money spent on this takes away from other things, like staff salaries."<div type="image" title="A chart comparing Rep. Shri Thanedar's office expenses to the average House member in 2023." height="810" width="1906" msid="108687669" hostid="261" sizebytes="44956"></div>HuffPost previously reported that Thanedar has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/shri-thanedar-detroit-congress-controversy_n_6580a94fe4b08e9b410b881d">faced scrutiny</a> over the large amounts of money he puts towards advertising, with sources telling the outlet that the billboards felt "more like campaign self-promotion than official communication."Thanedar now faces a primary challenge from Hollier, who's been endorsed by Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, former Rep. Brenda Lawrence, and a bevy of state lawmakers and local officials.The congressman has faced allegations from neighboring Rep. Rashida Tlaib of providing <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rashida-tlaib-shri-thanedar-busy-posting-memes-israel-hamas-2023-10">poor constituent services</a>, and detractors of the congressman argue that the majority-Black district Detroit district should be represented by a member of that community."While he is busy posting memes, his residents are calling my office asking for my assistance because he is absent from doing his job," Tlaib told the Detroit News in October.Thanedar countered that in a statement to Business Insider on Thursday, saying his office has "quadrupled constituent calls" in the last year and resolved 84% of the more than 1,400 constituent cases his office has received."We are proud of our communications to our constituents, and in recent surveys, over 70% of our constituents rated our service fair to excellent," said Thanedar.

The questionable way lawmakers get taxpayers to fund borderline-political ads 

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Monthly student loan payments are set to resume in October.</li><li>Lawmakers from both parties are among the millions who've borrowed money for higher education.</li></ul>After an over three-year pause, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/when-do-student-loan-payments-resume-biden-supreme-court-relief-2023-6">federal student-loan payments are about to resume</a> for millions of borrowers. And dozens of lawmakers in both parties will be footing another monthly bill right alongside them.Former President Donald Trump first implemented the student-loan payment pause in March 2020 to give borrowers financial relief during the pandemic, and President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/student-loan-payment-pause-extended-6-months-supreme-court-2022-11">has since extended that pause multiple times</a>. But that relief is about to end — the bill to raise the debt ceiling that Biden signed into law at the beginning June <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/does-debt-ceiling-deal-ban-student-debt-relief-payment-pause-2023-5">codified the end of the student-loan payment pause</a>, meaning the president can not issue a further extension in connection with COVID-19.The Education Department <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/when-do-student-loan-payments-resume-biden-supreme-court-relief-2023-6">confirmed</a> the implications of the debt ceiling bill in June, with a spokesperson saying at the time that "student loan interest will resume starting on September 1, 2023, and payments will be due starting in October. We will notify borrowers well before payments restart.""In spite of our opponents' best efforts to sabotage our work to support student borrowers, we are fully committed to helping borrowers successfully navigate the return to repayment with the pandemic now behind us," the spokesperson added.That means that federal borrowers will soon be responsible for an additional monthly bill — and it comes after the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/student-loan-forgiveness-blocked-supreme-court-strikes-down-debt-cancellation-2023-5">Supreme Court struck down Biden's broad plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt</a> for federal borrowers.Members of Congress are required to disclose any debts they owe worth more than $10,000 in their annual finance disclosure. Insider analyzed the most recently filed disclosures for all House members under the age of 50, and identified at least 30 lawmakers — 20 Democrats and 10 Republicans — who are set to start making student loan payments again.Some members of Congress hold six-figure debt loads, including Democratic Rep. Summer Lee of Pennsylvania."Just saw what my total monthly student loan payment is going to be after the pause ends... It's higher than my mortgage, but no big deal!" Lee <a href="https://twitter.com/summerforpa/status/1686355468602486784?s=46&amp;t=O0vRZv_oqEQ3jXl1KSL4AQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on Twitter on Tuesday.The disclosures also reveal that most of the lawmakers who still owe student loan debt are people of color, including 12 women of color.Previous data has reflected the disproportionate student debt burden on Black borrowers — for example, a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/black-borrowers-no-degree-white-borrowers-advanced-degree-student-debt-2021-8?utm_source=yahoo.com&amp;utm_medium=referral">US Census Bureau report from 2021</a> found that Black borrowers with no degrees were just as likely as white borrowers with advanced degrees to have student debt.To ease the transition back into repayment, the Education Department announced a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/do-i-have-to-resume-student-loan-payments-debt-relief-2023-7">12-month "on-ramp" period</a> once payments resume during which borrowers who miss payments will not be reported to credit agencies, but interest will still accrue during that time. Borrowers can also apply for the SAVE Plan, a new income-driven repayment plan that will lower monthly payments. Here are the members of Congress who still owe at least $10,000 in student loan debt:<h3>Owe more than $200,000</h3><ul><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10048369.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yadira Caraveo of Colorado</a></li><li>Republican Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10044690.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russell Fry of South Carolina</a></li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10049306.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Summer Lee of Pennsylvania</a> </li></ul><h3>Owe more than $100,000</h3><ul><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2021/10049744.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamaal Bowman of New York</a> </li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2021/10046839.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick</a></li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10053563.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sharice Davids of Kansas</a> </li><li>Republican Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10050187.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin Kiley of California</a></li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10044690.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emilia Sykes of Ohio</a> </li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10054536.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikema Williams of Georgia</a> </li></ul><h3>Owe more than $50,000</h3><ul><li>Republican Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2021/10049204.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrew Garbarino of New York</a> </li><li>Republican Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10053046.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wesley Hunt of Texas</a> </li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2021/10047585.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Swalwell of California</a> </li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2021/10044853.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rashida Tlaib of Michigan</a> </li><li>Republican Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10050575.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rudy Yakym of Indiana</a> </li></ul><h3>Owe more than $15,000</h3><ul><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2021/10049760.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania</a></li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2021/8219170.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joaquin Castro of Texas</a></li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10050508.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jasmine Crockett of Texas</a></li><li>Republican Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10055156.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony D'Esposito of New York</a> </li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2021/10046842.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Gomez of California</a> </li><li>Republican Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10044524.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Erin Houchin of Indiana</a> </li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2021/10046833.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York</a></li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10053193.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ilhan Omar of Minnesota</a> </li><li>Republican Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10053013.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Smith of Missouri</a> </li><li>Republican Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2021/10047890.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Steube of Florida</a></li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2021/10046432.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Darren Soto of Florida</a></li></ul><h3>Owe between $10,000 and $15,000</h3><ul><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10052000.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nanette Barragan of California</a></li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2020/8218133.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shontel Brown of Ohio</a> </li><li>Republican Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2021/10050096.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Byron Donalds of Florida</a></li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2021/8219143.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ro Khanna of California</a></li><li>Democratic Rep. <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2021/10046728.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Neguse of Colorado</a></li></ul>

These 30 members of Congress are about to resume student-loan payments in October with millions of other federal borrowers

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A group of Democrats introduced a bill to wipe out student debt for Medicare and Social Security Disability Insurance recipients.</li><li>Rep. Jamaal Bowman said Biden's broad debt relief "does not go far enough" to help those borrowers.</li></ul>President Joe Biden's plan to forgive student debt for federal borrowers isn't enough for those who have been carrying loans for decades, Democrats say.Last week, Democratic Reps. Jamaal Bowman, Adam Schiff, Raúl Grijalva, and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick <a href="https://schiff.house.gov/news/press-releases/schiff-grijalva-bowman-and-cherfilus-mccormick-introduce-bill-to-relieve-student-debt-for-disabled-and-older-individuals">introduced</a> the Student Loan Relief for Medicare and Social Security Recipients Act, which would fully wipe out student debt that dates back more than 20 years for Medicare and Social Security Disability Insurance recipients. The benefit would apply to both current recipients and those who enroll in the future.More than three million Americans over 60 collectively owe more than $86 billion in student loans, per the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The debt load can be particularly burdensome for older borrowers with health issues who have to choose between paying their student debt or paying for healthcare. Social Security benefits are also at risk of seizure if a borrower defaults on paying their student loans."Far too many Americans have spent years of their lives faced with the terrible choice between paying off their loans and putting food on the table, paying for childcare, or paying medical bills," Bowman said in a statement. "This is especially the case for our most vulnerable communities. While President Biden's student loan cancellation plan is an important first step, it does not go far enough especially for the millions of seniors and people with disabilities who face crippling debt."There is already a system in place for borrowers with disabilities to get debt relief, known as the total and permanent disability (TPD) discharge. But, as Insider previously reported, the process has been burdensome for borrowers. Under former President Barack Obama, anyone determined permanently disabled by a physician, the Social Security Administration, or the Department of Veteran Affairs was eligible for loan forgiveness, but a requirement to submit documentation during a three-year monitoring period shut many out of relief.Biden's Education Department took steps to ease the process last year by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/student-debt-relief-for-total-permanent-disabilities-borrowers-cardona-biden-2021-8">waiving</a> the requirement to submit paperwork. So far, it's resulted in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/do-i-qualify-for-student-loan-debt-forgiveness-disability-discharge-2022-4">$7 billion</a> in debt relief for the impacted borrowers. Still, older borrowers <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/student-debt-relief-cancelation-seniors-older-americans-loan-repayment-2021-4">continue to deal with debt burdens</a> some of them believe will follow them to their graves. One 70-year-old borrower previously told Insider that she doesn't see herself ever paying off the debt she acquired in 1990 in her lifetime. She still owes upward of $200,000."When student loans took over my life, I stopped looking forward to anything," she told Insider. "You are on a hamster wheel, and you will not get off. You know that you will never get off."Many of them would stand to benefit from Biden's plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt for federal borrowers making under $125,000 a year. However, that plan is currently on pause due to conservative-backed lawsuits that are attempting to permanently block the relief from being implemented, and the fate of the relief — and millions of borrowers — now sits at the Supreme Court, which is set to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/is-the-supreme-court-hearing-second-student-debt-relief-case-2022-12">hear arguments</a> to the cases in February.

Biden's student-loan forgiveness 'does not go far enough' for seniors and people with disabilities facing 'crippling debt,' a Democratic lawmaker says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A crowded field of candidates is vying to replace the late Rep. Alcee Hastings in South <keyword id="11910362" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="florida" source="Orion">Florida</keyword>. </li><li>The seat in Florida's majority-Black, heavily-Democratic 20th District has been vacant since April. </li></ul><h2>What's at stake: </h2>A crowded field of 11 candidates is running for the Democratic nomination to replace the late Rep. Alcee Hastings in Florida's 20th Congressional District. Hastings died of pancreatic cancer in April.The majority-Black <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/FL/20">South Florida-based district</a> includes parts of Palm Beach and Broward counties. Democratic candidates running for the seat include state Sen. Perry Thurston, State House Minority Leader Bobby DuBose, State Rep. Omari Hardy, Broward County Commissioners Dale Holness and Barbara Sharief, the Rev. Elvin Dowling, and healthcare executive Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who previously challenged Hastings for the seat in 2018 and 2020 and <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H8FL20032/?cycle=2022">has lent her campaign over $2.3 million of her own money. </a>No candidate is clearly favored to win the Democratic primary, <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article255204511.html">which has received far less national attention, outside spending, and endorsements from political heavyweights</a> in comparison to other special House elections that have taken place in 2021.The candidates running for the 20th District have strongly emphasized immigration policy on the campaign trail - with some sharply criticizing the Biden administration over its treatment of migrants from Haiti, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/12/trailer-voter-depression-florida-special-election-democrats-are-ready-give-biden-an-earful/">The Washington Post's Dave Weigel recently reported</a>. The racially diverse district includes a sizeable community of Haitian immigrants. Whichever Democratic candidate wins is strongly favored to beat GOP nominee Jason Mariner in the January 11, 2022 general election. President Joe Biden carried the heavily Democratic district <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/11/19/1163009/-Daily-Kos-Elections-presidential-results-by-congressional-district-for-2020-2016-and-2012">by a margin of over 55 points in 2020</a>, making the 20th District one of the most reliably blue in the state even as Republicans gain ground in other parts of South Florida. The election will, crucially, fill a vacancy for House Democrats and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is currently overseeing a slim three-vote majority in the House. Also on Tuesday, special House general elections in Ohio will fill two other vacancies in the safely-Democratic Cleveland-based 11th District, vacated by now-HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, and the safely-Republican 15th District in the Columbus suburbs, vacated by former Rep. Steve Strivers.

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