Live Results: Florida Senate midterm election
Summary
Florida voters are choosing a U.S. senator, governor and other officials in elections held under a new congressional map adopted by Republicans. The article describes the candidates and political context but does not report election results.Key Facts
- Republican Sen. Ashley Moody is seeking the final two years of Marco Rubio’s Senate term.
- Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon and an independent candidate are challenging Moody.
- Nixon won 56% of the August Democratic primary vote against Alex Vindman.
- Republican Rep. Byron Donalds and Democrat David Jolly are running for governor.
- Donalds won the Republican primary with about 48% of the vote, with President Donald Trump’s endorsement.
- Florida has about 1.5 million more registered Republicans than Democrats.
- Republicans adopted a new congressional map in May that changes several districts represented by Democrats.
- Florida Democrats have not won a U.S. Senate seat since 2012 or the governorship in more than 30 years.
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