Florida results for every midterm race
Election Day might be over, but Florida is still counting votes for its competitive governor and Senate elections.
Republicans are narrowly leading and are fighting in court to end the process quickly.
The races between Gov. Rick Scott and Sen. Bill Nelson for US Senate and between Ron DeSantis and Andrew Gillum for governor remained too close to call after the November 6 election. By the end of the first count, Scott only held a 0.14 percent margin of victory, and DeSantis had a slightly larger 0.41 percent lead. The race for the state’s agricultural commissioner is also undergoing a recount.
Under Florida state law, a machine recount is triggered if the margin of victory is equal to or less than 0.5 percent, while a manual recount is triggered if it’s less than 0.25 percent.
The machine recount is due at 3 pm on Thursday, but if the new margin is less than 0.25 percent, a manual recount will begin. Manual recounts are due at noon on Sunday, November 18. If counties cannot meet those deadlines, the state will adopt the first round of tallies, which was submitted last Saturday.
Democrats flipped two seats in southern Florida, knocking out moderate Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo and clinching the open seat vacated by retiring Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. A hugely important ballot initiative for ex-felons’ voting rights also passed.
In the state legislature, Republicans retained their majority. Trump’s approval rating in Florida reflects the state’s overall swinginess. Trump crucially won Florida in 2016, but according to Morning Consult, his approval and disapproval numbers are essentially in a dead heat in the state — and that turned out to be enough to carry crucial races.
Florida US Senate
GOP | Rick Scott | 4,097,689 | 50% | |
DEM | Bill Nelson | 4,085,086 | 50% |
Florida US House 1
GOP | Matt Gaetz | 216,118 | 67% | |
DEM | Jennifer Zimmerman | 106,117 | 33% |
Florida US House 2
GOP | Neal Dunn | 199,284 | 67% | |
DEM | Bob Rackleff | 96,834 | 33% |
Florida US House 3
GOP | Ted Yoho | 176,601 | 58% | |
DEM | Yvonne Hinson | 129,810 | 42% |
Florida US House 4
GOP | John Rutherford | 248,371 | 65% | |
DEM | Ges Selmont | 123,283 | 32% | |
IND | Joceline Berrios | 7,147 | 2% | |
IND | Jason Bulger | 2,319 | 1% |
Florida US House 5
DEM | Al Lawson | 180,464 | 67% | |
GOP | Virginia Fuller | 89,783 | 33% |
Florida US House 6
GOP | Michael Waltz | 187,860 | 56% | |
DEM | Nancy Soderberg | 145,709 | 44% |
Florida US House 7
DEM | Stephanie Murphy | 183,081 | 58% | |
GOP | Mike Miller | 134,298 | 42% |
Florida US House 8
GOP | Bill Posey | 218,094 | 61% | |
DEM | Sanjay Patel | 142,356 | 39% |
Florida US House 9
DEM | Darren Soto | 172,135 | 58% | |
GOP | Wayne Liebnitzky | 124,548 | 42% |
Florida US House 10
DEM | Val Demings | 1 | 100% |
Florida US House 11
GOP | Daniel Webster | 239,358 | 65% | |
DEM | Dana Cottrell | 128,005 | 35% |
Florida US House 12
GOP | Gus M Bilirakis | 194,551 | 58% | |
DEM | Chris Hunter | 132,810 | 40% | |
IND | Angelika Purkis | 7,506 | 2% |
Florida US House 13
DEM | Charlie Christ | 182,643 | 58% | |
GOP | George Buck | 134,238 | 42% |
Florida US House 14
DEM | Kathy Castor | 1 | 100% |
Florida US House 15
GOP | Ross Spano | 151,356 | 53% | |
DEM | Kristen Carlson | 134,076 | 47% |
Florida US House 16
GOP | Vern Buchanan | 197,433 | 55% | |
DEM | David Shapiro | 164,357 | 45% |
Florida US House 17
GOP | Greg Steube | 193,293 | 62% | |
DEM | Allen Ellison | 117,151 | 38% |
Florida US House 18
GOP | Brian Mast | 185,543 | 54% | |
DEM | Lauren Baer | 155,974 | 46% |
Florida US House 19
GOP | Francis Rooney | 211,450 | 62% | |
DEM | David Holden | 128,066 | 38% |
Florida US House 20
DEM | Alcee Hastings | 202,205 | 100% |
Florida US House 21
DEM | Lois Frankel | 3 | 100% |
Florida US House 22
DEM | Ted Deutch | 184,145 | 62% | |
GOP | Nicolas Kimaz | 112,787 | 38% |
Florida US House 23
DEM | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | 161,449 | 58% | |
GOP | Joe Kaufman | 99,362 | 36% | |
IND | Tim Canova | 13,676 | 5% | |
IND | Don Endriss | 1,612 | 1% |
Florida US House 24
DEM | Frederica Wilson | 2 | 100% |
Florida US House 25
GOP | Mario Diaz-Balart | 128,650 | 60% | |
DEM | Mary Barzee Flores | 84,083 | 40% |
Florida US House 26
DEM | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | 119,746 | 51% | |
GOP | Carlos Curbelo | 115,657 | 49% |
Florida US House 27
DEM | Donna Shalala | 130,671 | 52% | |
GOP | Maria Elvira Salazar | 115,575 | 46% | |
IND | Mayra Joli | 6,255 | 2% |
Florida Governor
GOP | Ron DeSantis | 4,074,728 | 50% | |
DEM | Andrew Gillum | 4,040,155 | 49% | |
OTH | Darcy Richardson (Reform Party) | 47,109 | 1% | |
IND | Kyle Gibson | 24,381 | 0% | |
IND | Ryan Foley | 14,760 | 0% | |
IND | Bruce Stanley | 14,760 | 0% |
Florida State Referendum FL Amendment 6
Affirmative | 4,454,479 | 61% | |
No | 2,801,959 | 39% |
Florida State Constitution FL Amendment 4
Affirmative | 4,770,215 | 65% | |
No | 2,603,372 | 35% |