ELECTION UPDATE: Democrats capture U.S. House of Representatives; Donalds, Moody win in Florida

Preliminary election results as of 10 p.m. Election Day, Nov. 3, 2026

Moody, Donalds

By J.C. Bruce

Tropic Press

Vote counting is still underway as this is posted, but this much we know:

The predicted blue tsunami has washed over America, and Democrats have easily recaptured the House of Representatives in races already called.

The fate of the Senate is still up in the air as this was written, but Democrats were winning enough races to claim the majority there as well if those trends hold.

In Florida, as polls predicted, the races for governor and U.S. Senator were tight, but Republican candidates prevailed. U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds of Naples will be the state’s first Black governor, narrowly beating former congressman Democrat David Jolly 50.08% to 48.7%.

Ashley Moody, appointed to the Senate seat by Gov. Ron DeSantis when Marco Rubio resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State, gets to keep her job for two more years after winning a special election against scrappy State Rep. Angie Nixon, who closed the gap but trailed Moody 48% to 51%.

While not all of the state’s congressional races had been called at the time this was posted, DeSantis’ efforts to cut the number of Florida Democrats in Congress by half appear to have failed, with at least seven Democrats winning so far.

Of the three constitutional amendments on the ballot, the most controversial, Amendment 3, appears to be passing with 62 percent of the vote at the time this is posted.

More results will be available as they are finalized in Wednesday’s newsletter.

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