First election test for Trump's term surprisingly close in FL, GOP looks to increase razor-thin House majority

Voters in two congressional districts in Florida head to the polls on Tuesday, as Republicans aim to keep control of both solidly red seats and give themselves slightly more breathing room in the House, where they hold a razor-thin majority.

However, the Democratic Party candidates in the two special elections have vastly outraised the Republican nominees - thanks to an energized base eager to resist President Donald Trump and his sweeping and controversial agenda. 

The races, in Florida's 1st and 6th Congressional Districts, which Trump carried by 37 and 30 points in last year's presidential election, are being viewed as early referendums on the opening couple of months of Trump's second tour of duty in the White House.

While the GOP was expected to sweep bo...