Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio are both up for re-election tonight (update: they’ve both been projected as the winners), and judging from early returns from Miami-Dade County, both will end up winning another term in office:
DeSantis is currently up 8 points in Miami-Dade County with 60% in.
In 2018, he lost it by 20 points. Unreal.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 9, 2022
Rubio also up by 8 in Miami-Dade
Keep in mind, this is a county Hillary won by nearly 30 points in 2016
Florida is a red state.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 9, 2022
DeSantis is up 8 points in *Miami-Dade* with 66% of the votes in. He lost by 20 points in the same county four years ago. RDS is an absolute juggernaut given his ability to win in deep-blue counties and solidify red ones. Crist heading for a beating.
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) November 9, 2022
On MSNBC, when analyst Steve Kornacki checked in on the early returns on Miami-Dade County, the rest of the panel seemed to sense that some bad news for Democrats is on the way in that state:
Audible gasps from the MSNBC panel when they first saw the early returns from Miami-Dade county pic.twitter.com/Qn1HbCEK7u
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) November 9, 2022
Big lead for DeSantis in Miami-Dade as well in the early returns. pic.twitter.com/QWutJrtZLL
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) November 9, 2022
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The night is young but things certainly seem to be shaping up nicely for DeSantis and Rubio in the Sunshine State.
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Related:
CBS News crew drove around Florida to interview Charlie Crist supporters (hilarity ensued)
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