DeSantis Decisive Midterm Winner; Heralds GOP Supermajority in Florida

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with his wife Casey DeSantis and children Madison, Mason and Mamie, waves to the crowd during an election night watch party at the Convention Center in Tampa, Florida, on Nov. 8, 2022. GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images

The decisive reelection success of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in Florida, where he won by more than 19 percentage points, topped a red wave that didn’t extend much beyond the state’s borders.

DeSantis’s success was underscored by strong results for his GOP colleagues across the state, particularly Sen. Marco Rubio, who won by more than 16 points—double his 2016 margin. In the House of Representatives, the GOP flipped three Florida seats and also picked up the additional one that was apportioned to the state based on the 2020 census.