In what could be the end of decades of Democratic dominance in south, Republicans won the most populous county in the state, Miami-Dade.
The governor of Florida is speaking at a news conference in Miami. The photo was taken by Rebecca Blackwell.
More than 85% of the estimated vote has been counted in Miami-Dade County.
When he was first elected governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis lost Miami-Dade by more than 20 points, and when he was reelected to the Senate, he lost by 11 points.
When it comes to statewide races in Florida, the Miami-Dade vote has skewed toward Democrats over the past decade, but on Tuesday, both candidates were running close to each other.
Since the 2010 Senate race, where Marco Rubio captured 44.8% of the vote, Miami-Dade has not voted Republican in a major election.
Donald Trump made major inroads in Miami-Dade in 2020 by only losing to President Joe Biden by 7.3 points after Hillary Clinton walloped him there by almost 30 points. As polls show Democrats are losing support among Latino populations, a huge shift has taken place in Miami-Dade. Since Trump's surprising performance in 2020, the Republicans have invested heavily in Miami-Dade, connecting with conservative communities of Cuban and Venezuela immigrants who fled socialism.
Since George H.W. Bush's election in 1988, a Republican has not won Miami-Dade.
The governor of Florida won a re- election.
Democrats are worried that the GOP could win Miami-Dade.
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