Florida results for every midterm race

Election Day might be over, but Florida is still counting votes for its competitive governor and Senate elections.

Republicans are narrowly leading and are fighting in court to end the process quickly.

The races between Gov. Rick Scott and Sen. Bill Nelson for US Senate and between Ron DeSantis and Andrew Gillum for governor remained too close to call after the November 6 election. By the end of the first count, Scott only held a 0.14 percent margin of victory, and DeSantis had a slightly larger 0.41 percent lead. The race for the state’s agricultural commissioner is also undergoing a recount.

Under Florida state law, a machine recount is triggered if the margin of victory is equal to or less than 0.5 percent, while a manual recount is triggered if it’s less than 0.25 percent.

The machine recount is due at 3 pm on Thursday, but if the new margin is less than 0.25 percent, a manual recount will begin. Manual recounts are due at noon on Sunday, November 18. If counties cannot meet those deadlines, the state will adopt the first round of tallies, which was submitted last Saturday.

Democrats flipped two seats in southern Florida, knocking out moderate Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo and clinching the open seat vacated by retiring Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. A hugely important ballot initiative for ex-felons’ voting rights also passed.

In the state legislature, Republicans retained their majority. Trump’s approval rating in Florida reflects the state’s overall swinginess. Trump crucially won Florida in 2016, but according to Morning Consult, his approval and disapproval numbers are essentially in a dead heat in the state — and that turned out to be enough to carry crucial races.