FLORIDA: REPUBLICANS HANG ON — BARELY

🏠 GOVERNOR (open) ✅
🔴 Byron Donalds @ByronDonalds: 4,132,275 (50.0%)
🔵 David Jolly @davidjollyfl: 4,024,554 (48.7%)
Donalds becomes Florida's first Black governor (PBS NewsHour).
🎤 JOLLY, conceding: "You have allowed us to believe again … You have allowed us to believe in something better." (WFLA)
📊 Ron DeSantis won by 19 in 2022. Donalds won by 1.3. Jolly said it was the honor of a lifetime to move Florida "14 points" (Spectrum News 13).

🏛️ U.S. SENATE (special) ✅
🔴 Sen. Ashley Moody @SenAshleyMoody: 4,207,947 (50.9%)
🔵 Angie Nixon @AngieNixon: 3,969,186 (48.0%)
🎤 NIXON, conceding: "Tonight the results are not what we worked for. They are not what we hoped for." (Tallahassee Democrat)

🗳️ Turnout: 8,261,594 vs 7,771,399 in 2022 (+6%)

🔥 HOUSE: 5 RACES TOO CLOSE TO CALL

• FL-27: Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar @MaElviraSalazar leads Eliott Rodriguez by 1,116
• FL-26: Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart @MarioDB leads Nicole Locklin by 1,772
• FL-9: Rep. Darren Soto @RepDarrenSoto (D) leads Dan Green by 1,477
• FL-7 (open): Ryan Elijah leads Bale Dalton by 1,701
• FL-13: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna @realannapaulina leads Leela Gray by 2,517
• FL-22: Pia Dandiya @PiaforCongress wins for Democrats
Florida used a new congressional map drawn in 2026. Full list 👇

AP, unofficial.

From +19 to +1 in four years. Is Florida competitive again? 👇

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🌴 FLORIDA HOUSE — ALL 28 SEATS (new 2026 map)

✅ FL-1: 🔴 Jimmy Patronis @PatronisFL 181,723 – Gay Valimont @gayforcongress 103,429
✅ FL-2: 🔴 Austin Rogers @rogersforfl (new) 160,968 – Amanda Green @AMGforCongress 147,791
✅ FL-3: 🔴 Kat Cammack @RepKatCammack 165,313 – Seth Harp 128,866
✅ FL-4: 🔴 Aaron Bean @AaronPBean 151,095 – LaShonda Holloway @Lj4CONGRESS 144,752
✅ FL-5: 🔴 John Rutherford @RepRutherfordFL 187,917 – Rachel Grage 145,121
✅ FL-6: 🔴 Randy Fine @VoteRandyFine 195,252 – Eric Yonce 132,264
⏳ FL-7: 🔴 Ryan Elijah @RyanElijah (new) 161,189 – Bale Dalton @BaleDaltonFL 159,488
✅ FL-8: 🔴 Mike Haridopolos @RepHaridopolos 169,863 – Jennifer Jenkins @Jenkins4Florida 149,586
⏳ FL-9: 🔵 Darren Soto @RepDarrenSoto 143,174 – Dan Green 141,697
✅ FL-10: 🔵 Maxwell Frost @RepMaxwellFrost (unopposed — no votes counted)
✅ FL-11: 🔴 Joe Strada (new) 193,518 – James Pericola 168,108
✅ FL-12: 🔴 Gus Bilirakis @RepGusBilirakis 150,746 – Kimberly Overman 131,309
⏳ FL-13: 🔴 Anna Luna @realannapaulina 155,117 – Leela Gray @LeelaJGray 152,600
✅ FL-14: 🔵 Kathy Castor @KathyCastorFL 153,586 – Mike Beltran @MBeltranFL 137,599
✅ FL-15: 🔴 Laurel Lee @RepLaurelLee 163,251 – Robert People 137,390
✅ FL-16: 🔴 Sydney Gruters @SydneyGrutersFL (new) 175,512 – Kelly Kirschner 160,942
✅ FL-17: 🔴 Greg Steube @RepGregSteube 209,055 – Matthew Montavon @Montavon4FL 143,570
✅ FL-18: 🔴 Scott Franklin @RepFranklin 137,590 – Curtis Gibson 127,564
✅ FL-19: 🔴 Jim Schwartzel @JimSchwartzel (new) 198,668 – Victor Arias 122,351
✅ FL-20: 🔵 Debbie Wasserman Schultz @DWStweets 182,554 – Brent Andersen 53,361
✅ FL-21: 🔴 Brian Mast @RepBrianMast 183,773 – James Martin @MartinforFL 152,430
✅ FL-22: 🔵 Pia Dandiya @PiaforCongress (new) 153,047 – Casey Askar @CaseyAskar 141,886
✅ FL-23: 🔵 Lois Frankel @RepLoisFrankel 169,831 – Deborah Adeimy 88,876
✅ FL-24: 🔵 Oliver Gilbert (new) 164,819 – Te Brown 39,534
✅ FL-25: 🔵 Jared Moskowitz @JaredEMoskowitz 143,753 – Scott Singer @ScottSingerUSA 130,787
⏳ FL-26: 🔴 Mario Diaz-Balart @MarioDB 114,547 – Nicole Locklin @locklin2026 112,775
⏳ FL-27: 🔴 Maria Elvira Salazar @MaElviraSalazar 124,474 – Eliott Rodriguez @ERodforCongress 123,358
✅ FL-28: 🔴 Carlos Gimenez @RepCarlos 124,978 – Phil Ehr @PhilEhr 107,839

✅ called · ⏳ too close · AP, unofficial

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