Republican candidates in Florida have held off several high-profile challenges from Democrats, as results also saw the state elect its first black governor.
Republican Byron Donalds, backed by President Donald Trump, was projected to win as governor, while Republican Ashley Moody was projected to have held her seat in the senate.
She was up against Democrat Angie Nixon in the special election for Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s old Senate seat.
The two wins came amid countless – and historic – gains by Democrats that gave them full control of the US House of Representatives and the Senate for the last years of Trump’s presidency.
