"Florida is where woke goes to die," Gov. Ron DeSantis says after reelection victory
CBSN
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis secured his second term in office on Tuesday, defeating Democratic nominee Charlie Crist by a significant margin in this year's midterm elections.
The projected win for DeSantis — a conservative who has become a prominent fixture of the Republican Party in recent years, and is favored as a possible contender for a presidential bid in the 2024 race — came as Florida continues its political shift from swing state to more reliably red. Results from the gubernatorial election showed stronger support for the GOP incumbent from residents of Miami-Dade County, a historically blue metropolitan area, as well from as Latino voters. And it was not the only big victory for Republicans in Florida: Senator Marco Rubio also cruised to a second term.
DeSantis gave a victory speech at his campaign's headquarters in Tampa and declared that Florida's electorate had "rewritten the political map." He denounced what he called "woke ideology" and told a cheering crowd that "Florida is where woke goes to die."
