The word “historic” is being used to describe Republican gains in Florida, a state where races are often decided by a few points.
Just four years ago, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis won by less than half a percentage point.
The huge margin of his victory tonight will further fuel talk of him as a contender for the White House in 2024. He made gains with nearly every demographic group, including women and Latinos – a group he lost by 10 points in 2018.
His victory speech sure sounded like a play for the presidency. He declared that Florida had rewritten the political map and that he’d only begun to fight.
Republicans in Florida disagree about whether DeSantis would take on Donald Trump in a Republican primary. As one GOP (Republican Party) official here told me, going up against a juggernaut like Trump would be a very different race, and DeSantis has never faced that type of opposition.
Source: BBC
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