2020 Election - Local

Florida’s Presidential Electors met Monday, as did their counterparts from all other 49 states in the nation, to officially cast their votes for the 2020 election.

President Donald Trump won Florida by a comfortable margin in November, but lost the election nationally to President-elect Joe Biden.

The Associated Press reported Monday evening Biden broke the 270-vote threshold needed to win, officially cementing his victory.

Georgia elections officials say they're investigating a Bay County attorney after he tried to register to vote using his brother's address in an Atlanta suburb.

Georgia is a state where the 2020 elections haven't ended yet, but the 2024 presidential race may already be underway.

Republicans with an eye on the White House in four years are hitting the trail on behalf of the two Republican senators trying to save their seats in runoff elections, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.

Florida Democrats are doing some self-reflecting after Republicans flipped 3 seats in the state House during the 2020 election. They now have a 77-43 disadvantage. In the Senate, Republicans gained one seat. Many democrats are questioning how the party should move forward after yet another disappointing election.

Sean Shaw is a former Democratic state lawmaker who now runs the group, People over Profits.

Florida politicos are crossing over into Georgia as that state faces a critical runoff in two U.S. Senate races. Those seats could decide the fate of the Senate—and Republicans and Democrats are battling to get their candidates across the finish line. The fight over Georgia, coupled with Florida’s relatively low profile at the moment, is raising a question: is Georgia, the new Florida?

While President Donald Trump won't be getting a second term in the White House, he managed to win Florida and by a larger margin than he did when he defeated Hilary Clinton in 2016. The President's popularity in Florida, coupled with a strong showing by Republicans in down-ballot state and local races, has some political observers questioning whether it’s still accurate to call Florida a swing state.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., was tapped by his GOP colleagues Tuesday to lead Republican Senate campaign efforts in 2022.

Scott, who was elected to the Senate in 2018 after eight years as Florida governor, will serve as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Leon County ended up bluer than usual after Election Day. A longtime local politician was ousted on the county commission, and a fresh face arrived on the judicial circuit. Local voters are not sticking with incumbents like years past.

Local Elections in Leon County this year have bucked expectations. Media Consultant Kevin Cate believes there’s a new trend in the way city and county residents are voting.

Floridians flock to the federal health-insurance exchange in higher numbers than any other state, but Obamacare-supporting political candidates, including incumbents and hopefuls, got beat in key state and federal races Tuesday.

Florida Democrats during the campaign tried unsuccessfully to paint President Donald Trump as the man who would repeal the Affordable Care Act and place millions of people with pre-existing conditions at risk, but Trump defeated Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the state, capturing more than 51 percent of the vote.

President Donald Trump took Florida by 375,000 votes over former Vice President Joe Biden in Tuesday's 2020 general election.

This win for Trump included 55 of Florida’s 67 counties. WUSF political reporter Steve Newborn and the News Service of Florida point to some key reasons why the Sunshine State's political psyche is shifting.