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With the reported victory, Moylan is set to become the first Republican elected to the position since 1993. He will be just the second Republican to hold the seat since it was created in 1972, the outlet reported.
The U.S. territory, which is located in the western Pacific Ocean, was the first midterm contest to be called on Tuesday. While Moylan will not have voting power, some election experts are hoping the flip is a sign of a good night for the GOP.
The news was not all great for Republicans, however, as Democrats are projected to hold control of the island’s legislature. Democratic Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero also beat Republican Felix Camacho, who served as governor of the territory from 2003 to 2011, Fox News reported.
Currently, other than Guam, there are four House delegates representing the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Delegates are not able to vote on the House floor, though they are able to able to introduce legislation and make amendments to legislation.
They are unable to vote on the final passage of any legislation, although they can vote on them in separate committees, according to the U.S. House website.
In the continental U.S., Florida Governor Ron DeSantis cruised to re-election against Democrat challenger Charlie Crist. Senator Marco Rubio also held on to his seat with ease, as the race was called within an hour despite significant fundraising from his opponent, Val Demmings.
Republicans are widely expected to maintain control of the house, though the Senate is largely viewed as a toss-up.
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Democrat Maura Healey will become the first lesbian governor winning Massachusetts more than 60% votes
Source : AFP via Daily Mail / https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11406115/Maura-Healey-elected-USs-openly-lesbian-governor.html
The US state of Massachusetts on Tuesday elected Democrat Maura Healey as America's first openly lesbian governor, TV networks said.
Healey, 51, flipped the seat from the Republicans, comfortably defeating opponent Geoff Diehl, NBC and Fox News projected.
LGBTQ+ rights group the Human Rights Campaign hailed Healey's historic victory.
'Massachusetts embraced a platform of equality and inclusion by electing a pro-equality champion,' the organization's interim president Joni Madison, said in a statement.
Healey's triumph returns the state's governorship to Democrats after eight years of Republican leadership under Charlie Baker who opted not to seek a third term.
Healey, who will also become Massachusetts' first ever female governor, was on track to heavily beat Diehl, who had been endorsed by former president Donald Trump.
The result had been widely expected, with Healey -- Massachusetts' attorney general since 2014 -- comfortably ahead in the polls in the runup to the vote.
LGBTQ candidates are running in all 50 states and the capital Washington for the first time in this year's midterm election, as the community becomes an increasingly powerful voting constituency.
Democrat Tina Kotek, who is also lesbian, was bidding to match Healey's win in Oregon on Tuesday in a governor's race regarded as a toss-up.
Almost 90 percent of the LGBTQ candidates who entered this year's primary races are Democrats.
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Trump's ex-press secretary Sarah Sanders wins Arkansas Governor race
Reporter : Elizabeth Elkind, Daily Mail / https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/live/article-11405265/Midterm-Elections-2022-Live-poll-results-updates-map-candidates.html / Image of Sarah : Gage Skidmore
Tuesday's midterm election results could see President Joe Biden's agenda effectively stymied for the next two years if projections of an expected Republican sweep of Congress come true.
All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs, as are 34 Senate seats and 36 governorships - in addition to a myriad of state and local roles.
Democrats have largely focused their campaigns on outrage over the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade and subsequent Republican-led efforts to curb abortion access. They've also ramped up warnings in the closing weeks that a GOPmajority could pose a threat to democracy, given Donald Trump and his allies' efforts to upend his 2020 election loss.
Republicans, meanwhile, have focused their campaigns on kitchen table issues such as the economy, inflation and rising crime rates. A growing number of Americans are discontent with the state of their pocketbooks, and the GOP has tied that to Biden and Democrats' policies over the last two years.
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Republicans flip two of five seats to retake the House of Representatives
Reporter : Emily Goodin, Daily Mail
Republicans took important early wins in Tuesday night's midterm election with Gov. Ron DeSantis and Senator Marco Rubio racking up victories in Florida.
But control of the House and Senate remains up in the air after several states saw polls close at 8 pm ET.
The DeSantis and Rubio wins in the Sunshine state cemented Republicans' grip there. Donald Trump has made it his new home state and is spending election night at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach.
DeSantis' win sets up an intriguing dynamic for the next two years. He's rumored to be considering at 2024 bid. Trump, who helped DeSantis win his first gubernatorial race, will announce his White House intentions next week.
Trump held a campaign rally with Rubio in Miami on Sunday while DeSantis held a competiting rally in another part of the state. Still, the former president said he voted for DeSantis when he cast his ballot in Palm Beach on Tuesday morning.
DeSantis defeated Democrat Charlie Crist, who had previously served the state as a GOP governor before he switched parties. Crist campaigned with President Joe Biden last week but that couldn't help him across the victory line.
Meanwhile, key Senate races in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are too close to call as are several must-win House districts in Virginia, Texas, New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.
Republicans did pickup two House seats. They need a net gain of five seats to win the majority.
In Florida's seventh district, GOP candidate Cory Mills won the race to replace retiring Democratic Representative Stephanie Murphy. But the district was heavily gerrymandered by Republicans during the redistricting process, making it a hard seat for Democrats to keep in their column.
And in Florida's 13th district, Republican Anna Paulina Luna won the seat Democrat Charlie Crist left for his unsuccessful gubernatorial run.
Democrats retained several Senate seats: Chuck Schumer in New York, Peter Welch in Vermont, Richard Blumenthal in Connecticut, Tammy Duckworth in Florida, and Chris Van Hollen in Maryland.
And Republicans kept several in their column with Tim Scott's victory in South Carolina, John Thune's in South Dakota, Rand Paul's in Kentucky, Jerry Moran in Kansas, John Boozman in Arkansas, Todd Young in Indiana, Markwayne Mullin's in Oklahoma, and Katie Britt's in Alabama. Britt is the first female elected to the Senate from Alabama.
Thus far the Senate remains at a 50-50 balance, with any one contest can tip the majority to either party.
In another governor's race, Democrat Wes Moore won the gubernatorial race in Maryland. He will be the first black governor in that state. President Biden and first lady Jill Biden campaigned for him on Monday night - their final rally of the 2022 midterm election.
In Massachusetts, Democrat Maura Healey became the first openly lesbian woman to be elected governor in the United States.
In Arkansas, Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders won the gubernatorial mansion. Her father also served as governor of the state. Huckabee Sanders became a national figure when she served as White House press secretary for President Donald Trump.
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Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene wins re-election
Reporter : Morgan Phillips, Daily Mail / https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11405925/Rep-Marjorie-Taylor-Greene-WINS-election-despite-outspent-Democratic-opponent.html
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is projected to win re-election in Georgia's 14th district, CNN has projected.
The controversial Georgia Republican is expected to handily win her deep-red district, though her Democratic challenger, Army vet Marcus Flowers, raising more than $15 million in campaign donations. Greene, a former construction business owner, raised nearly $12 million for her re-election.
Greene's win comes as no surprise - three-fourths of voters in the mostly blue collar rural 14th district went for Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
Last week Greene suggested on Twitter it was 'impossible' for her to lose the election.
'I mean it's impossible so they might as well pile up that $15 million and pour lighter fluid on it and set it on fire,' she wrote.
Greene, the 48-year-old right-wing provocateur, has established a national brand for herself by peddling conspiracy theories, and pushing the envelope with outlandish claims and promises to "impeach Joe Biden."
This week GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy promised to give Greene back her committee assignments after Democrats booted her in 2021 for spreading conspiracy theories and liking a Facebook post that called for the execution of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
"She's duly elected by her district and has a right to serve," McCarthy told CNN.
Last month Greene warned the MAGA base was going to be "very unhappy" if McCarthy doesn't 'give me a lot of power.'
Greene, who has advocated to cease U.S. aid to Ukraine, said at a rally with Trump in Iowa this week: 'The only border they [Democrats] care about is Ukraine. Not America's southern border. Under Republicans, not another penny will go to Ukraine. Our country comes first.'
McCarthy previously called Greene's comparison of Covid-19 mask mandates to the Holocaust 'appalling,' and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell called her a 'cancer' to the party.
But more recently the firebrand congresswoman has come back into the fold. Greene accompanied McCarthy on a border trip in August and sat just behind him at a Pennsylvania event where Republicans unveiled their policy agenda.
Greene has said she wants to sit on the House Oversight Committee where she could play a key role in GOP-led investigations.
Greene has suggested she supports banning abortion nationwide, suspending all immigration for four years, eliminating climate change regulations and defunding the Department of Education.
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Multi-state officials say voting machines malfunctioned on Election Day
Reporter : Xiao Jing / Editor : Hu Long / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/11/08/a103570469.html / Image : An election worker scans mail-in ballots at a counting center in Maricopa County, Arizona, on 7 November2022. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Officials in several states said on the day of the Mid-term Elections (8 November) that voting machines were malfunctioning or not working properly.
All voting machines in Mercer County, N.J., including Princeton, will not be working on 8 November, election officials said.
Gary Huber, clerk of West Windsor Township in Mercer County, attributed the problem to a "county-wide system failure."
Huber said voters can still cast their ballots at polling places with standard ballots.
"Poll workers will be on-site to guide voters through the process," a spokesman for the county said, and the Mercer County Board of Elections alerted the county to the machine malfunction.
A county spokeswoman said they are working with machine builders to address the issue.
Machines also malfunctioned in Harris County, Texas.
One administrator told Houston TV station KPRC that at one polling place, "a serious problem with the computer" left only two machines working.
Of the 50 machines at the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center, only 10 were working, the administrator said.
A spokesperson for the Harris County Board of Elections told KPRC TV, "We are well aware of these issues and have brought in all of us to receive timely feedback from election staff to resolve these failures as quickly as possible."
At least a few machines malfunctioned at a polling place in Indianapolis, Indiana, a reporter for local Indiana TV station WXIN wrote on Twitter, citing polling workers.
In Maricopa County, Arizona, election officials said a malfunctioning ballot counter was affecting voters.
Bill Gates, chairman of the county's board of supervisors, said in a video message to voters that ballots were not processed correctly in about 20 percent of polling places.
County Recorders Stephen Richer and Gates encouraged people to still go to polling places to fill out their ballots. They can then drop the ballots into secure ballot boxes, officials said.
"The precinct-based ballot counter is faulty and will use paper ballots. We are aware of the issue and are working to get technicians to the scene as quickly as possible," the recorder's office said.
Jen Easterly, director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), warned ahead of the midterm elections that there will be "mistakes" and "glitches" during the election.
"It happens in every election. That's why it's important to build multiple layers of security controls and resiliency into the system," said Eastley, a former Obama administration official who was appointed CISA director by President Joe Biden in April. In a recent talk at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.
"These things happen" but she described it as "normal" and "not evil".
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defeated Democrat Beto O'Rourke in their gubernatorial race and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem held onto her post in a slew of early results in gubernatorial elections.
With 59 percent of precincts reporting, Abbott was up over 10 points over O'Rourke and a number of major news outlets called the race for the Republican who will now enter his third term leading the Lone Star State.
It was O'Rourke's second time losing for statewide office after an unsuccessful bid to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz.
Abbott, who's held the governor's mansion since 2015, generated presidential chatter in recent months after a series of headline-grabbing policy plays, including signing a unique abortion ban that allows private citizens to sue those who aid the procedure and bussing migrants from border cities to blue ones like New York and Washington, D.C.
In Oklahoma, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt held on to his seat, leading by 15 points over Democrat Joy Hofmeister with 94 percent precincts reporting.
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Maryland's first Black governor, Democrat Wes Moore
Maryland elected its first black governor in Democrat Wes Moore, who will take over from term-limited Republican Larry Hogan. President Biden campaigned for Moore in Bowie, Md. on election eve.
So far 16 of the 36 seats up for re-election have been called. In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis is projected to win, and in Arkansas, ex-Trump White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is projected to win her first stint in the governor's mansion.
In another closely watched race, Democrat Josh Shapiro won over Republican Doug Mastriano for the Pennsylvania governor's seat, according to cable news predictions. Gov. Brian Kemp in Georgia, is up against Democrat Stacey Abrams 9 points with three-quarters of the votes counted.
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Hochul wins in New York
Reporter : Geoff Earle, Daily Mail / https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11406429/Democrat-Kathy-Hochul-clings-beat-Republican-Lee-Zeldin-New-York-Governor-race.html
New York Democratic governor Kathy Hochul managed to turn back a challenge from Republican Lee Zeldin to cling to the governor's mansion in what had become a competitive race in a Blue-leaning state.
The race tightened in the polls in recent weeks as Zeldin, a U.S. Republican House representative, hammered Hochul on crime and other issues and relied on a Donald Trump endorsement.
NBC called the race for Hochul, and she tweeted she was 'deeply honored' to have been elected. She was leading 55-45 with nearly two thirds of the vote in Tuesday night.
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Fetterman defeats Oz in Pennyslvania though all votes for Oz yet to be counted completely
Reporter : Nikki Schwab, Daily Mail / https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11406625/Fetterman-DEFEATS-Dr-Oz-Pennsylvania.html
Democratic Senate hopeful John Fetterman defeated Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, wrapping up one of the most closely watched races of the midterms just before 1 am Wednesday morning.
NBC News, Fox News and CNN all called the race for the Democrat, after Fetterman led the count all night.
Fetterman's crowd gathered at Stage AE in Pittsburgh exploded in cheers as the race was called by the networks.
A defiant Oz insisted around midnight that he would win the race.
'When all the ballots are counted, we believe we will win this race,' he said at his watch party in Newtown, Pennsylvania. 'We've been closing the gap all night, and we have a lot more ballots to go.'
Early returns showed Fetterman way out ahead of Oz, as votes from the blue, urban areas poured in first. Votes from Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh and Braddock - where Fetterman served as mayor - and Philadelphia swung the race heavily toward the Democrat.
More conventional red counties, which are less populated, tilted toward Oz and were slower to report.
By midnight about a point separated the two candidates.
'I have told you many, many times that I believe in you - traveled all over the Commonwealth to make that message clear - tonight you have told me that you believe in me,' Oz told his crowd. 'Bless you for that.'
'Together we will heal Pennsylvania and we will heal America, God bless you,' the Republican added.
At Fetterman's watch party on the other side of the state, at Stage AE on the North Shore in Pittsburgh, the Democrat waited for a more solid result.
Outstanding voters in Pennsylvania look to be mostly from suburban Philadelphia counties, which should favor Fetterman, unless Oz majorly overperforms.
The New York Times predicted that the Democrat was "very likely" to win the election, with about 13 percent of the vote yet to be totaled.
In the other top Pennsylvania race, for governor, Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro was leading Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano by an even wider margin - indicating that some voters split their ticket and selected Shapiro and Oz.
Several networks have called the governor's race for Shapiro, but it hasn't yet been called by the Associated Press.
The race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey has been one of the most dramatic.
Former President Donald Trump endorsed fellow TV personality Oz over a more conventional conservative, David McCormick, leading to a nail-biter of a GOP primary.
Fetterman's Democratic primary was a cake walk, but he suffered from a stroke just days before, taking him off the campaign trail for most of the summer and leaving him with continued 'auditory processing' issues.
He had to use closed captioning for his debate with Oz and still can't answer reporters' questions in an impromptu manner.
Exit polls out of the Keystone State held glimmers of good news for both parties.
For Democrats they could be buoyed by the fact that the No. 1 issue for Pennsylvania voters was abortion, with 36 percent saying so.
The second-largest percentage, 28 percent, said inflation, followed by 11 percrent who said crime.
Fetterman and Shapiro have both championed a woman's right to choose after the June demise of Roe v. Wade. While Oz has hammered Fetterman on crime and has benefited from Democrats being in control of all three branches of government as inflation soared.
Pennsylvania exit polls also found that a super-majority said they did not want to see Biden run for president again. Sixty-nine percent said no, to just 28 percent who said yes.
Biden was out stumping for Fetterman and Shapiro over the weekend.
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Pelosi easily re-elected, Republicans continue to lead in House elections
Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives who visited Taiwan recently, easily defeated her Republican opponent, John Dennis, to win the 11th District of California Congress re-election but the Republicans are still leading in the House of Representatives elections.
At present, the U.S. mid-term elections are continuing, and the 435 seats in the House of Representatives are fully re-elected. The current Speaker of the House, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, easily defeated the Republican opponent, John Dennis, for re-election. However, the current competition between the two parties in the House of Representatives is still quite Intense, the current vote initially shows that in the House of Representatives, the Republicans have 192 seats, and the Democrats have 159 seats, and either Party must win 218 seats to control the House of Representatives.
If the Republicans win, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is expected to become the new Speaker of the House. At present, California's 20th district has 30% of the vote, and McCarthy is far ahead of his Democratic opponent.
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McCarthy: Republicans will advance three things if they take control of the House
Reporter : Lin Nan / Editor : Ye Ziwei / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/22/11/9/n13862233.htm / Image : House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy answers questions during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on 9 January 2020 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
U.S. House of Representatives Republican leader Kevin McCarthy vowed that if the Republicans win the House of Representatives on Tuesday, they will advance three things: secure the border Security, cut government spending, and launch a tough investigation into the Biden-Harris administration.
In an exclusive interview with CNN two days before the midterm elections, McCarthy outlined his plans, which include tackling inflation, rising crime and border security -- three issues that have become central to Republicans' approach to voters.
"You're going to see a bill that controls the border first," McCarthy told CNN when asked about the details of the Republican immigration plan. "You have to control the border. This year alone, nearly 2 million people have come here. ."
The Biden administration continues to rely on a Trump-era pandemic emergency provision known as Section 42, which allows border authorities to turn away migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. border arrivals topped 2 million in fiscal year 2022 as mass immigration in the Western Hemisphere flooded. Of these, more than 1 million were turned away under Section 42.
But McCarthy also stressed that oversight and investigations are a key priority for the Republican-led House. He listed potential investigations into the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal, the origins of the covid pandemic and how the government handles parent and school board meetings. McCarthy may open the door to some Republican lawmakers seeking to start impeachment proceedings against President Biden.
"We will never use impeachment for political purposes," McCarthy said. "That doesn't mean it won't be used any other time, if something happens."
McCarthy sought to reiterate his support for Ukraine, while saying they would not automatically rubber-stamp any additional aid requests.
"I'm very pro-Ukraine," McCarthy said. "I think there has to be accountability in the future. ... You always need, not blank checks, but make sure resources go where they're needed and make sure Congress and the Senate have the ability to debate openly. ."
McCarthy, who had to drop out of the speaker race in 2015 over objections from the far-right House Freedom Caucus, told CNN he believes this time around he will have the support of Republican lawmakers, as well as former President Donald Trump.
"I believe we will vote for the speaker, yes," McCarthy said. "I think Trump will be very supportive."
On immigration, McCarthy said there are "many different ways" that Republicans will address the issue, but said Republicans won't introduce bills to fix the broken immigration system until border security is resolved.
"I think 'remain in Mexico' has to take effect immediately," he said, referring to the controversial policy in which immigrants are forced to stay in Mexico while they wait in the U.S. for immigration proceedings.
To help stop the flow of the drug fentanyl to the border, McCarthy said, first confront CCP China very head-on to stop the flow of drugs, then "provide the resources that border guards need" and "make sure that anyone who wants to traffic fentanyl, can be prosecuted with the death penalty."
When asked about specific plans to fight crime, McCarthy said Republicans would fund police, provide funding for recruitment and training, and study how to prosecute criminals.
To reduce inflation and gasoline prices, he said they would reduce government spending and make America more energy independent, but he did not mention specific bills.
The majority of House Republicans' bills will be primarily messaging rather than legislative, as they could be blocked by the Senate's 60-vote threshold or a presidential veto. However, McCarthy hinted that Republicans would demand spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, which would set off a high-stakes fiscal showdown that could lead to a catastrophic debt default.
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Georgia Republican and Democrat in nail-biting race, that could mean the Senate majority is not known until December
Reporter : Morgan Phillips, Daily Mail / https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11405105/Democrat-Raphael-Warnock-holds-slight-advantage-GOP-rival-crucial-Senate-race-Georgia.html
As of 1.30 am., with 97 percent of precincts reporting, Warnock was up by about 37,000 votes, leading Walker 49.4 to 48.6.
If neither candidate breaches the 50 percent threshold, the race heads to a December 6 runoff, per Georgia's election law. A third-party Libertarian will likely either candidate from cinching a majority.
With a number of races not yet called, the Senate is now split 47-47, and the fate of control in the upper chamber will come down to the wire in a small handful of states like Georgia.
And yet, Walker seemed confident he would emerge on top as votes are still being counted. "I'm like Ricky Bobby. I didn't come to lose," Walker told a crowd of supporters, comparing himself to the fictional Nascar driver in hit comedy Talladega Nights.
"I wanted to thank you guys for hanging in and if you have to go home, you can wake up tomorrow morning with a new senator. But for all your support, I'm not leaving," Walker said.
While most of the state's map looked red, densely populated areas around Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta and Athens trended blue.
Warnock, meanwhile, had a similar message of hope at his own election watch party.
"We always knew this race would be close. That's where we are. Y'all just hang in there. I'm feeling good," he said. "I'm coming back tonight cause we've got more to say."
Pre-election polling had Walker running slightly above Warnock - an average of 1.4 points, according to Real Clear Politics.
And despite each candidate trading the lead throughout the nigh of vote counting, confidence remained high at the Walker election watch party at the Omni at the Battery in Atlanta, as supporters talked, laughed and drank the night away. The Walker campaign rented out the Omni ballroom until 2 a.m., expecting a long night of vote counting.
The race has become one of the most hotly contested in the country, attracting a quarter billion dollars in campaign funding to saturate the airwaves in the run-up to Election Day.
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Miami-Dade County turns red as first Republican governor in 20 years wins
Reporter : Chen Ting / Editor : Ye Ziwei / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/22/11/9/n13862228.htm / Image : Republican supporters at a rally in Miami-Dade County, Florida, on November 6, 2022. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images)
Florida's most populous Miami-Dade County (Miami-Dade) has long been considered a stronghold of the Democratic Party. However, incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis will become the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to win in the county in 20 years.
Prior to that, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was the last Republican gubernatorial candidate to win Miami-Dade County, Fox News reported.
Miami-Dade County, located in southern Florida, had a population of 2,701,767 at the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh most populous county in the United States.
Fox News believes that the county's turn from blue to red is part of the Republicans regaining control of Congress. In addition to DeSantis, Republican Senator Marco Rubio will also defeat Democratic challenger Rep. Val Demings.
In 2020, President Biden defeated then-President Trump by a few percentage points across the county.
Fox News expects DeSantis to beat Democratic opponent Charlie Crist 57.2 percent to 42.2 percent. In 2006, Crist ran for governor as a Republican, but lost in Miami-Dade County.
The county has a Democratic executive, and Miami Mayor Francis X. Suarez is one of a handful of Republican major city leaders.
The city of Miami has a large Latino and Hispanic population, especially Cuban Americans. In fact, Cuban-born politician Rubio was born in Miami.
In 2020, Florida Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar defeated Donna Shalala when the district covered the city of Miami.
Previously, DeSantis said: "In my first year, we banned sanctuary cities, which the news media originally thought would not gain support (in Miami). However, Hispanic voters in Florida supported our policy of banning sanctuary cities, the highest rate."
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As of 9 am Singapore time on 10 November 2022, the Republican Party has won 207 seats in the House of Representatives, ahead of the Democratic Party with 184 seats. Which party can win 218 seats, can become the majority party in the House of Representatives? In addition, the election in the Senate shows that the Republican Party has won 49 seats while the Democratic Party 48 seats, and the battleground states of Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada may not know the outcome until the last minute.
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