Florida voted on Tuesday to approve a constitutional amendment that will restore voting rights to more than 1 million people with felony records. The state also appears narrowly set to send Republicans to the governor’s mansion and the US Senate — both major upsets for Democrats. The results have led to a question: What if…
Florida Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson called Wednesday for a recount in his race for re-election against Republican Gov. Rick Scott. In a statement from Nelson’s office, the longtime incumbent said Scott had prematurely declared victory in the race, which CNN has not yet called. In Florida, an automatic recount is triggered when the final margin…
The super-tight race for Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services could have a recount in its future. Rep. Matt Caldwell, the Republican challenger, leads Fort Lauderdale attorney and lobbyist Nicole “Nikki” Fried by about 0.16 percentage points as of Wednesday morning. The threshold for a manual recount is 0.25 points. (Read more in TampaBay.com)
Florida’s hotly contested race for the U.S. Senate could be heading for an automatic recount. Republican Rick Scott holds a 34,700-vote lead over incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson out of more than 8.1 million ballots cast for a difference of 0.42 percent, according to unofficial returns posted by the state Division of Elections. State law triggers a recount if the difference in…
Florida voters approved Amendment 4 on Tuesday night in the 2018 midterm elections, restoring voting rights to more than 1 million people in the state who were previously convicted of felonies. “This is transformative in Florida,” Howard Simon, Executive Director of the ACLU of Florida tells TIME. “We will no longer have second-class citizens.” (Read…
Almost lost in the election night turmoil was the fact that four local Democrats actually out-performed in Charlotte County over the Dems at the top of the ticket. Olivia Babis gathered nearly 39% in Charlotte County’s portion of the District 23 State Senate Race. Catherine Price won better than 37% in the District 26 State…
Vielka Wambold, president of the Democratic Hispanic Caucus of Florida, was working for the Charlotte County Democrats at the Mid-County Regional Library and said there seemed to be more energy this election than in the past. For voters on both sides, she said, “Nothing’s going to stop them.” (Read more in Sun)
Powered by a highly-motivated Republican turnout and another $60 million from his vast personal fortune, Gov. Scott clinched a seat in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday and dislodged deeply-entrenched Democrat Bill Nelson from office. (Read more in TampaBay.com)
Ron DeSantis was elected governor of Florida on Tuesday, handing President Trump an important victory and extending the Republican Party’s dominance in the nation’s third-largest state. Mr. DeSantis, a 40-year-old former congressman, fended off his opponent, Andrew Gillum, one of the strongest candidates Florida Democrats had fielded in years. Republicans have now won every election…