Florida Senate Results Revealed
By Daily Wire. Florida Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott has defeated Democratic Senator Bill Nelson after a manual recount put Scott ahead by approximately 10,000 votes.
“Barring any further legal challenges from the Nelson campaign, the outgoing governor will become Florida’s junior senator in January, joining fellow Republican Marco Rubio in the Senate,” USA Today reported on Sunday. “It will be the first time since Reconstruction that the state has had two GOP senators.”
And the press release just came.
Gov. Rick Scott will be Florida’s next US Senator and is a certified Democratic giant-killer, beating these 3 in a row when many Democrats said he couldn’t
1) Alex Sink in 2010
2) former Gov Charlie Crist in 2014
3) Sen Bill Nelson in 2018 pic.twitter.com/WhLNTSKKxf
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) November 18, 2018
Scott announced that Nelson conceded the race, saying in a statement: “I just spoke with Senator Bill Nelson, who graciously conceded, and I thanked him for his years of public service.” (Read more from “Florida Senate Results Revealed” HERE)
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As Florida Recount Ends, Sen. Nelson Concedes Race to Scott
By AP. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida political icon who first arrived on Capitol Hill in the decades when Democrats dominated this presidential battleground state, conceded his bitterly close re-election bid to Republican Rick Scott on Sunday after a bruising recount left Nelson thousands of votes short of the outgoing governor.
Nelson gave up his quest after days of tense and often acrimonious recounting wrapped up at midday Sunday, when Florida’s counties had to turn in their official results. Florida will not officially certify the final results until Tuesday, but the totals showed Nelson trailing Scott by more than 10,000 votes.
“It has been a rewarding journey as well as a very humbling experience,” Nelson said in a videotaped statement. “I was not victorious in this race but I still wish to strongly re-affirm the cause for which we fought: A public office is a public trust.” (Read more from “As Florida Recount Ends, Sen. Nelson Concedes Race to Scott” HERE)
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