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Two days after the 2018 elections in Florida, it’s looking more likely that several state and local races are headed to recounts, including one for the commissioner of agriculture. On election night, Republican Matt Caldwell led Democrat Nikki Fried by about 12,000 votes, about 0.16 percentage point, however, as provisional, absentee, military and overseas ballots continue to come in that margin

Three Democratic Party campaign offices that had been devoted to organizing work for defeated gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum and other Democrats were pressed into service Thursday as provisional ballot war rooms. Volunteers were using the campaign offices in Fort Lauderdale, Miramar, and Plantation to reach out to people who cast provisional ballots in the midterm

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) is suing Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes, alleging that her office has withheld crucial voter information as Scott’s closely watched Senate race against Sen. Bill Nelson (D) appears set for a recount. The lawsuit, filed Thursday evening, accuses Snipes’s office of withholding records regarding how many people voted,

Just 21,888 votes out of 8.2 million separate Sen. Bill Nelson and Gov. Rick Scott in the Florida Senate race. And the margin continues to narrow — it was at nearly 60,000 on election night and 34,000 Wednesday afternoon. The thing is clear: This race is headed to a recount. Scott, the Republican, leads Nelson,