Midterm election results in Florida are pointing towards a close race for each available position in one of the most populous US states.
Florida’s midterm cycle was one to watch for many, as incumbent governor Rick Scott gave up his position to run for Senate.
In his place, Republican Ron DeSantis was running against Democrat candidate Andrew Gillum.
For the Senate, there was also an extremely close race between former governor Rick Scott and Democratic candidate Bill Nelson.
Who won in the Florida governor elections?
Florida’s race to choose a new governor for their state was a close call between the Democrats and Republicans.
The state was known as a ‘swing’ state back in the 2016 general elections, due to large portions of both Democrats and Republicans with the ability to ‘swing’ the state either way.
The governor’s race showed this perfectly, with MR DeSantis and Mr Gillium running their platforms on opposing sides of Donald Trump.
Mr Gillium netted 49 percent, with 3,986,596 votes in total, and narrowly missed the majority.
Ron DeSantis on the other hand managed to claim majority with a 49.8 percent lead and 4,046,020 votes.
Who won in the Florida Senate elections?
Florida Senate elections were almost identical to the governor race, and in fact ended up being much closer.
The battle for the Senate was between Rick Scott and Bill Nelson, and 100 percent of results have now been handed in.
Republican candidate Mr Scott managed to secure a victory with 50.2 percent of the vote, but from a tiny margin of just .4 percent above the Democratic candidate, who finished his campaign with 49.8 percent.
For total votes, this translated to 4,067,686 for Rick Scott, and 4,028,969 for Bill Nelson.
Who won in the Florida House of Representatives?
Again, Florida’s 120 House Seats up for election yielded similar results to the governor and Senate.
A total of 27 Florida districts were up for election, and Republicans managed to gain 14 of them, leaving Democrats with the minority at 13.
Floridan Democratic candidates were able to flip some of the House of Representatives seats however, reducing the Republican lead.
Overall, Democrats were able to flip the House, with a majority in the whole of the US at 50.3 percent.