Democrats See Positive Signs in Florida's Early Results -- WSJ

By Annie Linskey

Democratic strategists are feeling optimistic about the evening as early results in Florida show significant Democratic overperformance in key races. In the Senate race, Democrat Angie Nixon was keeping the contest much closer than expected. The same was true in the governor's race, where Democrat David Jolly was keeping pace so far with Republican Byron Donalds.

Polls closed at 8 p.m. in the state's conservative-leaning Panhandle, which will likely buoy Republican candidates. If the races remain close at the end of the night, Democrats will regret that their major campaign groups made only limited investments in the statewide races.

In the House races, where Florida's congressional maps were redrawn to favor Republicans, Democrats were leading in many of the new districts. Republicans hoped to flip seats in Florida's Ninth, 14th and 25th Districts to make up for losses expected elsewhere. But Democrats appeared to be holding on so far.

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November 03, 2026 20:19 ET (01:19 GMT)