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(Trends Wide Spanish) — The election day in the middle of the presidential term was held in the United States and, without major surprises, confirms the trend that the party in power is losing ground against the opposition. The Republican Party has so far won several projected victories, which were expected and important in shaping the landscape for the 2024 election. In addition, there are several history-making elected officials across the country.
These are some of the most relevant victories so far, according to Trends Wide projections:
Ron DeSantis maintains his power in Florida and aims for 2024
Governor Ron DeSantis, the Florida Republican leader who became a household name during the pandemic, will win a second term as head of the Sunshine State, Trends Wide projects, foiling Democrat Charlie Crist’s bid to win back his old job.
With the campaign for re-election behind him, the focus of DeSantis’s political future will now turn to 2024. A decision looms over whether he will use his political success in Florida in a national campaign for the White House, where he may find himself on a course collision with former President Donald Trump.
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who won re-election according to Trends Wide projections, thanked voters for supporting him and his policies, saying “we haven’t just won an election, we’ve rewritten the political map.”
“Thank you for honoring us with a historic victory,” DeSantis said.
The governor also thanked voters who did not vote for him in the last election and said he is “honored to have earned their trust and support over these four years” for re-election.
DeSantis said that while Tuesday’s results were explicitly for the midterms, “in reality Americans have been voting for many years, they’ve been voting with their feet,” meaning that people who aren’t happy with the policies in other states have moved into Florida, according to DeSantis, pointing to factors such as crime and the economy.
“People come here because our policies work, leadership is important,” he added.
Greg Abbott consolidates in Texas
Texas Governor Greg Abbott will win a third term, Trends Wide projects, fending off former Rep. Beto O’Rourke in a matchup in which Democrats hoped to challenge decades of Republican dominance in Austin.
Abbott, who is seen by some within the GOP as a possible 2024 presidential contender, survived criticism from O’Rourke over his management of the state’s power grid, his response to mass shootings, including at an elementary school in Uvalde, and his opposition to the right to abortion.
Abbott’s victory underscores the extent to which Republicans remain dominant in Texas, fueled in part by better results among Latino voters.
Democrats have long hoped that Texas’ growing and increasingly diverse urban centers and suburbs would provide the party with a path to competitiveness in the largest red state on the US political map.
O’Rourke came close in his 2018 Senate race against Republican Ted Cruz to become the first Democrat elected in the entire state of Texas since 1994. But this year’s polls showed him trailing Abbott further, as Republicans criticized Democrats across the country for rising inflation and gasoline prices.
Marco Rubio beats Val Demings
Florida voters will re-elect Republican Sen. Marco Rubio to a third term over Democratic Rep. Val Demings, Trends Wide projects, an outcome sure to harden arguments that the Sunshine State is no longer the purple battleground of yesteryear.
Rubio lagged behind in fundraising throughout the race and ran a low-key campaign with few public events and only one debate. But it was enough to defeat Demings in a state that has been trending in the red since the last midterms, when another Senate race was decided on a recount.
Demings’ decision to challenge Rubio provided a much-needed boost for a Florida Democratic Party that has struggled to nominate strong candidates. As a black woman and a former Orlando police chief, Demings countered Republican narratives that Democrats were soft on crime. Demings also proved to be a formidable fundraiser, raising more money than Rubio each quarter she was in the running.
But Demings’ experience in law enforcement didn’t stop Rubio from running ads linking her to anti-law enforcement sentiments in her party, often touting the endorsement of most of the state’s elected sheriffs and their police unions. .
Republican voters now outnumber Democrats by more than 300,000 in Florida, a complete turnaround from the last time Rubio appeared on the ballot. Under the state’s shake to the right, Rubio embraced former President Donald Trump, his longtime rival, and became one of the original co-sponsors of a 15-week national abortion ban introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham, even as Demings and Democrats tried to make the election a referendum on abortion access.
Rubio’s victory comes six years after he almost retired from politics following his unsuccessful presidential campaign. As Florida’s senior senator, he will return to office as one of the GOP’s most influential voices on foreign policy at a time of mounting tension around the world over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China’s rise as a world power and unrest economy generalized by inflation.
The son of Cuban immigrants, Rubio was first elected to the United States Senate in 2010 in a three-way race against Democrat Kendrick Meek and the then-governor. Charlie Crist, who ran as an independent. Rubio won re-election in 2016 over Democrat Patrick Murphy. Rubio previously served as a state legislator in Florida, where he rose to speaker of the state House.
Schumer, Taylor Greene and Ocasio Cortez remain firm
Important and polarizing figures in the Senate and House retained their seats.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will win re-election in New York, Trends Wide projects, defeating Republican Joe Pinion. Pinion briefly hosted a show on Newsmax and has worked as the director of youth development at Morris Height Health Center in the Bronx.
Incumbent Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene will win her re-election bid in Georgia’s 14th congressional district, Trends Wide projects.
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins reelection in New York’s 14th congressional district, Trends Wide projects.
those who make history
Republican Katie Britt will be Alabama’s first elected female senator, Trends Wide projects, winning an open race to succeed her former boss, retiring Republican Sen. Richard Shelby.
Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be the first woman elected governor of Arkansas, Trends Wide projects, winning the position her father previously held for more than a decade. Sanders, who gained a national profile in her role as Trump White House press secretary, is also the first daughter in US history to serve as governor of the same state her father once led.
Democrat Maxwell Frost will be the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress, Trends Wide projects, winning the open seat for Florida’s 10th congressional district. Generation Z refers to those born after 1996. Frost will succeed Democrat Val Demings, who vacated the seat to run for Senate.
Democrat Wes Moore will be Maryland’s first black governor, Trends Wide projects, becoming the third governor elected by a black person in US history. Moore, an Army veteran and former nonprofit executive, will succeed Republican Gov. Larry Hogan for a limited term.
Democrat Maura Healey will be the first lesbian governor in US history, Trends Wide projects, winning an open race for governor of Massachusetts. Healey, the current attorney general of Massachusetts, will also be the first elected female governor of the commonwealth.
Republican Markwayne Mullin will be the first Native American senator from Oklahoma in nearly 100 years, Trends Wide projects, winning the special election to succeed Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, who is set to resign in January. Mullin, a member of the Cherokee Nation, currently represents the state’s 2nd Congressional District. Democrat Robert Owen, also a member of the Cherokee Nation, represented Oklahoma in the Senate from 1907 to 1925.
Democrat Summer Lee will be the first black woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania, Trends Wide projects, winning election to the state’s 12th congressional district.
Trends Wide’s Andrew Menezes, Aditi Sangal, Adrienne Vogt, Elise Hammond, Maureen Chowdhury, Clare Foran, Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya, Joe Ruiz and Sean Federico-OMurchu report
