Ron DeSantis will be the next Florida governor, extending Republican control of the state’s highest office to a sixth straight four-year term and proving that a candidacy almost entirely about President Donald Trump can win the top office in a major state. DeSantis, who was a little-known congressman from the Jacksonville suburbs a year ago, squeaked past Democrat Andrew Gillum in what quickly became a nasty contest with racial overtones and accusations of corruption. Gillum conceded the race at about 11 p.m., three hours after polls closed in the state’s Panhandle and after almost all the votes had been counted in heavily Democratic South Florida. “I still believe, I still trust the voters,” said Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor, in his concession speech. Jeb Bush and refined over the past decade ― would deliver them the necessary votes.

Source: Huffington Post November 07, 2018 04:00 UTC