Florida's race for governor is too close to call. At 03:00 CET, Byron Donalds led David Jolly by 102,622 votes, 50.0 to 48.7 percent, with 97.3 percent of the expected vote counted, according to NBC News, based on AP data. Two years ago, Donald Trump carried Florida by 13.1 points, and in 2022 Ron DeSantis won the governor's office by 19.4. A race this tight in Trump's home state is the sharpest signal of the 2026 midterms so far, and it decides whether Florida gets a governor who wants a state Bitcoin reserve.
Florida governor race: the key facts
- Status (03:00 CET): Donalds 4,053,073 votes (50.0 percent), Jolly 3,950,451 (48.7 percent), 102,622 votes apart.
- Votes still out: about 34,698 in 2 counties below 90 percent counted, most of them Republican-leaning (our estimate from AP data).
- Recount line: 0.5 percent triggers a machine recount, about 40,528 votes at th...
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