Election Day results:
CBS4's Jim DeFede talks about how Florida has Dems seeing red
CBS4's Jim DeFede talks about DeSantis' potential presidential aspirations
Voters OK measure to increase property taxes for teacher pay
Miami-Dade voters have voted "Yes" to a continuation of a referendum that will help increase teacher pay and fund school security measures.
In a 65 to 35 vote, the "Secure our Future" the referendum overwhelmingly passed.
"We have affirmed what unites us, and that is the power of public education," said Dr. Steve Gallon, Vice-Chair of the Miami-Dade School Board.
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Governor DeSantis takes to the stage to thank voters
CBS4's Jim DeFede breaks down the gubernatorial race
Charlie Crist concedes gubernatorial race
Ron DeSantis defeats Charlie Crist to win another term in office
Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was elected to another term on Tuesday night, beating Democratic challenger Charlie Crist.
It was a decisive victory over Crist, himself a former Republican governor of the state, that will likely bolster DeSantis' status as a GOP rising star with potential White House aspirations.
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Miami's Marco Rubio reelected to third term in the US Senate
When all the votes were counted, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio was reelected to a third term in the US Senate.
Rubio faced Democratic Rep. Val Demings, a third-term congresswoman, who has prominently featured her background as a police officer and Orlando's first female police chief. If she wins, she would be Florida's first Black senator.
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Maria Elvira Salazar keeps her District 27 seat
Among races with an incumbent, Miami-area 27th District was the most closely contested and had a history of flipping back and forth between Democrats and Republicans.
In that race, Democratic state Sen. Annette Taddeo lost to first-term Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, keeping the seat in the GOP fold.
Otherwise, Florida incumbent U.S. House members are headed back to Washington, barring any upsets.
These include Republican Matt Gaetz, a top supporter of former President Donald Trump who is under federal investigation in a sex trafficking case; Democrat Kathy Castor in a Tampa-area seat; Republican Vern Buchanan, who could chair the powerful Ways and Means Committee in a GOP-led House; Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a former Democratic National Committee chair; and state delegation dean and Republican Mario Diaz-Balart, first elected in 2002.
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Other races of note
Election results: Who won, lost?
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Crist camp in St. Pete
Florida voters give thumbs down to constitutional amendments
Florida voters late Tuesday appeared to have rejected three proposed constitutional amendments that would have provided property-tax breaks and eliminated the state's Constitution Revision Commission.
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Report from the DeSantis camp in Tampa
Report from Marco Rubio's camp in South Florida
Report from Val Demings' camp in Orlando
Department of Justice closely monitoring voting in South Florida
Nearly 4.92 million vote before Election Day
Heading into Tuesday's elections, nearly 4.92 million Floridians had cast ballots by mail or at early voting sites, according to data posted on the state Division of Elections website.
The data showed that 2,125,330 registered Republicans and 1,809,482 registered Democrats had voted. It also showed that 914,217 unaffiliated voters and 69,903 third-party voters had cast ballots.
"This morning, we had zero locations report that they were open late," Secretary of State Cord Byrd said during a news conference.
"Everyone opened on time and were ready for voters." The state will start posting results at 8 p.m. Eastern time after polls close in the Panhandle, which is on Central time.
Issues on the ballot
Florida GOP looks to seize advantage of redrawn House maps
ST. PETERSBURG - There will be at least six newcomers to the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday's vote from Florida as Republicans try to take advantage of an aggressively redrawn congressional map spearheaded by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
In the wake of the 2020 census, DeSantis had ordered the GOP-controlled legislature to adopt a map devised to maximize Republican gains - vetoing the initial GOP-backed map which largely kept intact two seats held by Black Democratic members of Congress.
Heading into this election year, Republicans held 16 seats and Democrats represented 11 from Florida in the House. Florida is gaining a 28th seat due to population growth.
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