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Two days after Election Day, the results of the presidential race are still unclear. Several states are still counting votes as an anxious nation looks on. While Florida’s election went off without the problems that have plagued the state in the past, Floridians are casting a glance out at states that are still in progress, and holding their breath, too.
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Republicans in Florida are lauding victories in the Florida House as a sign of the party’s success on election night Tuesday.
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Brian Welch won the Leon County Commission District Four Race. He secured 5,000 more votes than incumbent Bryan Desloge.
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Florida voters on Tuesday approved gradually boosting the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, while narrowly rejecting a proposal that would have overhauled the state’s primary-election system.
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Tallahassee City Commissioner Curtis Richardson will keep his seat. Richardson took more than 69 percent of the vote in results released Tuesday.
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Ausley, a Democrat, defeated Republican challenger and political newcomer Marva Preston winning more than 53 percent of the vote in state Senate District 3.
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With election day now over and around 11 million ballots cast, Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee says the election went smoothly. WFSU’s Blaise Gainey has the details.
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North Florida Congressman Al Lawson will continue to represent the district that stretches from Tallahassee to Jacksonville. Lawson won his re-election bid by defeating Republican Gary Adler. Lawson received 65% of the vote.
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Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna will keep his job. He secured 30,000 more votes than challenger Pam Hightower.
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The council was hotly contested in the run up to the election, with City and County leadership split joining opposing groups on either side of the issue.