One of the most resounding and relevant results of the day of the mid-term elections in the United States, the midterms, was that of the resounding victory harvested by the possible rival of Donald Trump in some still hypothetical Republican primaries for the 2024 presidential elections, the Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
The ultra-conservative that the former Republican president fears the most was re-elected as the highest state authority in the southern state with almost 60% of the vote compared to 40% won by Democrat Michael Crist.
Republican Senator Marco Rubio, backed by Trump, also won the victory by a comfortable difference of 17 points (58% to 41%) over his competitor, Democrat Val Demings.
The double triumph of the two Republican meanings comes to consolidate Florida as a clearly conservative state after successive calls with much tighter results in the territory
In the 2020 presidential elections, Trump won Joe Biden there by just over four points. DeSantis himself entered office four years ago with a less than one-point lead over Democrat Andrew Gillum.
Ron DeSantis, who is often said to be "like Trump but with brains", has been widely criticized in recent months for the massive transfer of immigrants to New York and Washington DC, as well as for promoting and signing laws against sex education and about racism.
DeSantis and Rubio's advance in Florida was not immediately seconded by the "tide" of Republican votes that conservatives had anticipated across the country.
The close battles in certain key states, especially with a view to control of the Senate, as well as technical problems and some challenges or discussions about the vote count, slowed down the calculation that was to determine the majority in the two Houses of Congress.
The votes were especially disputed in the Senate races in Georgia, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin, and the counts for the House of Representatives did not offer conclusive data in the early hours of election night.
