DeSantis wins big beat Charlie Crist, with an eye toward 2024 🤯🤯

DeSantis wins big beat Charlie Crist, with an eye toward 2024

By Manjit Bauri 09 November 2022 White Frame Corner White Frame Corner

On Tuesday night, Republican Ron DeSantis easily defeated Democrat Charlie Crist.

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The victory will prepare the Republican governor for a potential push for the presidency in 2024.

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By a margin of almost 20%, DeSantis defeated Crist by a vote of about 59 to 40.

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With more than 95% of votes, DeSantis won 59.4% of the vote with 4,607,597.

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Meanwhile, the Democratic candidate, Charlie Crist, won just 40% of the vote with 3,100,603.

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It was the largest margin in a governor contest in Florida since Jeb Bush won by nearly 13 points in 2002.

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DeSantis also captured the Democratic stronghold of Miami-Dade County.

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A big, rowdy audience greeted DeSantis with thunderous applause at his election night party.

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"We not only won the election, we have rewritten the political map," DeSantis said.

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DeSantis also revealed a possible preview of his future race for the state.

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Bakari Sellers declares Democrats are out of race 😬😬😬

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