

Scott made his first run for public office as a fiscally conservative technocrat, with experience as a venture capitalist and an executive of a hospital chain, and in a boon year for Republicans, he eked out a narrow win.īut then he steered farther to the right than many Floridians expected. Crist’s party switch was motivated more by political opportunism than real beliefs.įour years ago, Mr. In exit polls, a strong majority of voters said Mr. Charlie Crist, a Republican-turned-Democrat. Scott’s victory quashed what would have been a remarkable comeback for his opponent, former Gov. But at the state level, Republicans have had the upper hand for years, and they won every statewide race this year and kept control of the Legislature. In national contests, Florida is the purplest of states: It has been carried by the winner in five straight presidential races, and it was the most closely contested state in 20. As the nation learned in 2000, that control can influence the outcome of a presidential election. Rick Scott’s narrow re-election in one of the nation’s most expensive races means that state government remains firmly in Republican hands. Davis, Kennedy Elliott, Amy Hughes, Ben Koski, Allison McCartney and Karen Workman.Gov. David Goodman, Blake Hounshell, Shawn Hubler, Annie Karni, Maya King, Stephanie Lai, Lisa Lerer, Jonathan Martin, Patricia Mazzei, Alyce McFadden, Jennifer Medina, Azi Paybarah, Mitch Smith, Tracey Tully, Jazmine Ulloa, Neil Vigdor and Jonathan Weisman production by Andy Chen, Amanda Cordero, Alex Garces, Chris Kahley, Laura Kaltman, Andrew Rodriguez and Jessica White editing by Wilson Andrews, Kenan Davis, William P. Epstein, Nicholas Fandos, Lalena Fisher, Trip Gabriel, Katie Glueck, J. Bender, Sarah Borell, Sarah Cahalan, Emily Cochrane, Nick Corasaniti, Jill Cowan, Catie Edmondson, Reid J. Reporting by Grace Ashford, Maggie Astor, Michael C. Lee, Vivian Li, Rebecca Lieberman, Ilana Marcus, Alicia Parlapiano, Jaymin Patel, Marcus Payadue, Matt Ruby, Rachel Shorey, Charlie Smart, Umi Syam, Jaime Tanner, James Thomas, Urvashi Uberoy, Ege Uz, Isaac White and Christine Zhang. The Times’s election results pages are produced by Michael Andre, Aliza Aufrichtig, Kristen Bayrakdarian, Neil Berg, Matthew Bloch, Véronique Brossier, Irineo Cabreros, Sean Catangui, Andrew Chavez, Nate Cohn, Lindsey Rogers Cook, Alastair Coote, Annie Daniel, Saurabh Datar, Avery Dews, Asmaa Elkeurti, Tiffany Fehr, Andrew Fischer, Lazaro Gamio, Martín González Gómez, Will Houp, Jon Huang, Samuel Jacoby, Jason Kao, Josh Katz, Aaron Krolik, Jasmine C.


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