Last night, Republicans won sweeping victories across the Sunshine State, with Governor Ron DeSantis, Senator Marco Rubio, and Attorney General Ashley Moody resoundingly defeating their democratic opponents and the Florida house becoming even redder. The sweep of Florida’s cabinet positions has sparked emotional reactions from Floridians and citizens across the nation.
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DeSantis beat challenger Charlie Crist by 19 percentage points, even according to CNN politics. In his victory speech, DeSantis reiterated what he campaigned on, touting his achievements and resolving to continue defending freedom.
“Florida is where woke goes to die.”
Governor @RonDeSantisFL is re-elected in a HISTORIC LANDSLIDE VICTORY! 💪🐊🔥
“The people have delivered their verdict: freedom is here to stay.” pic.twitter.com/T015I5c5QG
— Team DeSantis 🐊 (@teamrondesantis) November 9, 2022
“So many other jurisdictions in this country wither on the vine. Florida held the line. We chose facts over fear. We chose education over indoctrination. We chose law and order over rioting and disorder. We stood as a citadel of freedom.” —@RonDeSantisFL 💪💯 pic.twitter.com/JVaNzx4r9d
— Team DeSantis 🐊 (@teamrondesantis) November 9, 2022
HISTORY MADE IN THE FREE STATE OF FLORIDA! ✅🐊💪
“We’ve accomplished more than anybody thought possible four years ago, but we’ve got so much more to do and I have only begun to fight… Thank you for a historic landslide victory!” —@RonDeSantisFL pic.twitter.com/SjC5WuIeUB
— Team DeSantis 🐊 (@teamrondesantis) November 9, 2022
DeSantis: "We have embraced freedom. We have maintained law and order. We have protected the rights of parents. We have respected our taxpayers, and we reject woke ideology…We will never ever surrender to the woke mob. Florida is where woke goes to die!"pic.twitter.com/O59Og21fpd
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) November 9, 2022
In his victory, DeSantis did manage to flip the historically liberal county of Miami-Dade.
Florida's Miami-Dade County turns red for DeSantis: First GOP gov to win in two decadeshttps://t.co/Gkpzgm3MLO
— Ruby Stone (@RubySto30568813) November 9, 2022
Rapid Response Director Christina Pushaw attributes the victory primarily to DeSantis’s education policy and anti-mandate approach to COVID-19.
Wow, 21 point swing to @RonDeSantisFL among Puerto Ricans. I think parental rights and anti mandate / anti lockdown leadership were decisive factors in this huge achievement. https://t.co/ITGf2Pjzab
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) November 9, 2022
The popularity of DeSantis’ education policy was proven by all of his endorsed school board candidates winning their races.
CLEAN SWEEP: All six of the school board candidates Ron DeSantis endorsed won in Florida Tuesday in a key victory for #ParentalRights #Midterms2022 https://t.co/ozFFrEzYd6
— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) November 9, 2022
Floridians replied to celebrate DeSantis’s victory of well over 1 million votes.
Congratulations #TeamDeSantis and #GovDeSantis
🌴 FL🐚🌞💪🇺🇸
💯 well deserved winning 👏 🇺🇸👏🏆
Thank you so much for making Florida the best, most successful state in USA 🇺🇸— 𝓁𝒾𝓏𝐵𝑒𝓉𝒽 ⋆🇺🇸 ✡𖡼𓂂𓏲࿐ (@lizBeth_Hineni) November 9, 2022
I voted for the best governor in all of America today, Ron De Santis! Congrats, Governor De Santis!😍🌹😍
— Kathy J Nelson (@KathyJNelson2) November 9, 2022
#freedom HERE HERE pic.twitter.com/tJaUTR1zUC
— tampaelle (@tampaelle) November 9, 2022
Senator Marco Rubio also trounced his opponent, beating Democrat Val Demings by roughly 7%.
Thank you #Florida pic.twitter.com/3pZePlxaHA
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 9, 2022
In his victory speech, Rubio celebrated America’s founding principles and reiterated the protection of the family as his top priority.
Senator @marcorubio: “Our job is to make sure we ALWAYS protect the family. We ALWAYS make it possible for parents to do for their children what my parents did for me.” pic.twitter.com/sikADoknvH
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 9, 2022
“Being an American is not a race. It’s not an ethnicity. It's not where your parents are born. Being an American is the defining principle of our nation, that all men are created equal.” — @marcorubio pic.twitter.com/mIt8aRmdlJ
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 9, 2022
Rubio’s win garnered similar online support as DeSantis’.
Well said, Marco Rubio. Congrats!
— WakeupCall (@GetOutOfMyWorld) November 9, 2022
Congratulations from Ohio, Senator @marcorubio ! God bless you.
— Viv (@iankingslee) November 9, 2022
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Fantastic job.
— Stephen Siegel (@Stephen19565768) November 9, 2022
Conservative Media company Dialy Wire tweeted a reaction that sums up how the candidates and Floridians feel after Election Day in Florida.
Rubio and DeSantis after seeing the Miami-Dade results: pic.twitter.com/VxXhAJUw0s
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) November 9, 2022
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