Republican Ryan Elijah says has won Florida's 7th Congressional District seat in a close race with Democrat Bale Dalton.

Amendment 3 passed by a statewide vote, but support wasn't distributed equally. Why it matters: The property tax exemption performed better in Republican-leaning areas with fewer renters, according to a Tampa Bay Times analysis of voter data. In fact, Gov. Ron DeSantis attributed the measure to helping drive Republican voter turnout. The big picture: About 62% of voters statewide approved the amendment, according to the Florida Division of...

Florida Democrats showed the party can be relevant again, but in the end, they came up short as Republicans still maintained dominance in the state.

Democrat Nicole Locklin says her vote count briefly surged and then dropped on election night, and the Associated Press says a data-entry error caused an incorrect total to appear.

Former ESPN broadcaster Mark Jones reacted to the 2026 midterms on Bluesky, posting about Florida staying red and celebrating Michele Tafoya's loss.

In the runup to Tuesday’s election, political prognosticators eyed Florida’s Amendment 3 with skepticism, doubting it would get the required 60% to pass. But it did — and then some. It only fell short of that benchmark in a few counties

Republican Gov.-elect Byron Donalds and U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., found pockets of support in Broward, the most Democratic county in the state. Democrats David Jolly and Ashley Moody won most of Broward’s communities.

Despite losing the U.S. Senate race, the fight is not over for Angie Nixon, who launched a new PAC Thursday.