# After GOP’s brutal midterms, ‘Chuck Norris of Florida politics’ tells party to ‘get up and fight’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/after-gops-brutal-midterms-chuck-norris-of-florida-politics-tells-party-to-get-up-and-fight/
- Published: 2026-11-08T19:56:09+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T20:25:23+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-brutal-midterms-chuck-norris-florida-politics-tells-party-get-fight
- Topics: Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Jay Collins urges Republicans to learn from midterm defeats and fight on.
- He says Florida can offer a model for the party’s recovery.
- Collins points to voter outreach as key to winning close races.

## Summary

Florida Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins is urging Republicans to recover from heavy midterm losses by learning from the defeat and reconnecting with voters. He argues the party can regain ground, and presents Florida’s shift from a swing state to a Republican stronghold as a model.

Collins says Republicans failed to communicate enough with voters unaffiliated with either party, even where registered Republicans outnumbered them. He cites his first Tampa-area state Senate campaign, where he focused on unaffiliated and lightly Democratic voters and won by 10 points, while openly describing himself as a conservative Republican. He says Florida’s experience could help the party rebuild nationally.

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