Election 2026

Soto vs. Green race offically not called

Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters Wednesday he’ll convene a special legislative session in the next two months to install the large property tax cut approved by voters Tuesday evening.

House Speaker Mike Johnson will not seek election as House Republican leader following the Democrats' wins in Congress. That's according to a person who insisted on anonymity to disclose the plans. Democrats are riding their sweep of Congress into a new era. They're eager to meet voter demands for change with plans to tackle high costs of living and confront President Donald Trump's final years in the White House. The results of Tuesday's midterm elections set up a moment of divided government. Democrats ousted Republicans from coast to coast and in many surprising places in between. Voters rejected the president's party for the promise of something different.

More than 62 percent of the Florida electorate said yes.

Florida residents voted to enact a large property tax cut Tuesday, but rejected two other measures on the ballot.

Democrats were able to hold on to four heavily reworked U.S. House districts in the midterm elections Tuesday, even as Republicans eked out victories in several contests thought to be safe GOP seats.

The magnitude of the Democrats' outcome was always a possibility, but the depth and breadth of their victories were jaw-dropping.

The new State Representative for District 82 will be Liesa Priddy. She is a Republican who won 61 percent of the votes on Tuesday night.

Votes are being counted across Florida and the nation as polls close state-by-state and time zone-by-time zone.

Donalds, who was backed early by President Trump, will become the state's first Black governor.