ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — During the midterm elections in 2022, the people of Florida chose who they wanted to lead the state: Charlie Crist, who is running as a Democrat, loses to Governor Ron DeSantis, who is a Republican.
Scroll down to see how the election results are broken down by county as they come in on election night.
You can also click through to see the latest vote counts for the U.S. Senate. Republican Sen. Marco Rubio keeps his seat over Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings. There are also races for a number of seats in the U.S. House.
In Florida, voting ended at 7 p.m. local time. Click or tap here to see the full coverage of the 2022 midterm elections, as well as the results of other Florida elections.
The Associated Press makes unofficial calls on races once enough votes have been counted.
What Else is on the Florida Ballot?
The Florida Legislature put three changes to the state constitution on the ballot during the 2021 and 2022 sessions. Voters will have to decide how they feel about these changes.
The first one is about the Florida Constitution Revision Commission, and the other two are about taxes on the property.
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Other races have also been called. Republican incumbents Ashley Moody for attorney general, Jimmy Patronis for the chief financial officer, and Wilton Simpson for agriculture commissioner are all Republicans.
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Several U.S. House races in the Tampa Bay area have also been called:
- District 13: Ana Paulina Luna (R) vs. Eric Lynn (D)
- James Judge (R) vs. Kathy Castor in District 14 (D)
- Alan Cohn (D) vs. Laurel Lee (R) in District 15 (D)
- District 16: Vern Buchanan (R) vs. Jan Schneider (D)
- District 17: Greg Steube (R) vs. Andrea Doria Kale (D)
Who Will Control the 118th U.S Congress?
NBC News’s models show that Republicans probably have a narrow majority in the House, even though there are still some races that haven’t been called. No one has yet called the U.S. Senate.
The Democrats won.
The GOP wins.
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The result could make or break President Joe Biden’s legislative hopes, which depend on whether or not Democrats can get his agenda through a very divided Congress.
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Millions of people also voted in important races for governor, secretary of state, and other lower-level offices.
This blog was changed to fix the number of votes in Georgia’s Senate race. Walker is behind Warnock in the race.
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— The FLORIDA Channel (@floridachannel) November 9, 2022
As of Wednesday morning, control of the U.S. House and Senate was still up in the air. This was because states all over the country were still counting votes in races that were very close.
A series of close races will decide whether Democrats keep their slim majorities in the House and Senate or whether Republicans take over one or both of the legislative chambers.
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In Pennsylvania, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is expected to beat Republican Mehmet Oz for a key Senate seat, giving the Democrats a big win. There were still important Senate races to be decided in Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Arizona.
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It could take days or even weeks to figure out how much power each party has, especially in the Senate, where Georgia’s race could go to a runoff in early December. With 96% of the votes counted, Democrat Raphael Warnock is ahead of GOP candidate Herschel Walker by 0.5 percentage points. However, neither candidate has more than 50% of the votes, which is what state election rules say is needed to win the seat.
NBC thought that Republicans could end up with 220 seats in the House, which would give them a narrow majority. But the party went into Election Day hoping to take control of the chamber by a large majority.
