WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:15:36" NOTE recognizability:0.841 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.931722326363636 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.788 Good evening and thank you so NOTE Confidence: 0.931722326363636 00:00:01.788 --> 00:00:03.530 much for joining us tonight. NOTE Confidence: 0.931722326363636 00:00:03.530 --> 00:00:04.340 I'm Heather Crawford. NOTE Confidence: 0.880539555769231 00:00:04.420 --> 00:00:05.544 And I'm Anthony Austin. NOTE Confidence: 0.880539555769231 00:00:05.544 --> 00:00:06.949 We are following results for NOTE Confidence: 0.880539555769231 00:00:06.949 --> 00:00:08.634 more than 100 races and you're NOTE Confidence: 0.880539555769231 00:00:08.634 --> 00:00:09.989 going to find those scrolling NOTE Confidence: 0.880539555769231 00:00:10.040 --> 00:00:11.468 at the bottom of your screen. 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NOTE Confidence: 0.749534774 00:00:31.010 --> 00:00:32.612 Waters, who's now set to take NOTE Confidence: 0.749534774 00:00:32.612 --> 00:00:33.956 over the Sheriff's Office for NOTE Confidence: 0.749534774 00:00:33.956 --> 00:00:35.288 at least the next few months NOTE Confidence: 0.798740498 00:00:35.300 --> 00:00:38.860 and he won with nearly 55% of the NOTE Confidence: 0.798740498 00:00:38.860 --> 00:00:41.160 votes compared to Lakisha Burns, NOTE Confidence: 0.798740498 00:00:41.160 --> 00:00:43.484 45% or your sides. Zach Wilcox is NOTE Confidence: 0.798740498 00:00:43.484 --> 00:00:45.998 at TK Waters Watch party tonight. NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:00:48.590 --> 00:00:50.949 Yeah, Anthony, it's all quiet here now, NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:00:50.950 --> 00:00:52.998 but was anything but just a couple of NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:00:52.998 --> 00:00:54.873 hours ago when they announced that TK NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:00:54.873 --> 00:00:57.241 had won the race for sheriff and he was NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:00:57.241 --> 00:00:59.434 all smiles as he worked his way up to NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:00:59.434 --> 00:01:01.030 the stage to give his acceptance speech. NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:01.030 --> 00:01:02.440 Talked about how Jacksonville is such NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:02.440 --> 00:01:04.218 a great city, it's his favorite city, NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:04.218 --> 00:01:06.190 and that he won't will not rest NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:06.190 --> 00:01:08.068 until everyone can live here safely. NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:08.070 --> 00:01:09.827 And he actually got a little emotional NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:09.827 --> 00:01:11.636 during his speech talking about his son NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:11.636 --> 00:01:13.906 Tommy. He dedicated the win to Tommy, NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:13.910 --> 00:01:15.737 talking about how Tommy told him when NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:15.737 --> 00:01:17.718 he was first promoted to assistant. NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:17.720 --> 00:01:19.680 Belief that he was gonna make a great NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:21.116 sheriff one day and TK, you know, NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:21.116 --> 00:01:22.327 thought that that was a ways out NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:22.327 --> 00:01:22.969 in the making. NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:22.970 --> 00:01:25.094 But here we are and it's been 31 years NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:25.094 --> 00:01:27.645 in the making and despite all of that NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:27.645 --> 00:01:29.310 experience getting to this point, NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:29.310 --> 00:01:31.152 it's actually just a short term NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:31.152 --> 00:01:32.930 that waters will be serving, NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:32.930 --> 00:01:34.869 at least initially here, only six months. NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:34.870 --> 00:01:36.229 That's why when I got a second with him, NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:36.230 --> 00:01:38.982 I asked him what can he really accomplish NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:38.982 --> 00:01:41.578 in in just the next six months. NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:41.580 --> 00:01:44.000 We're gonna work on delivering, NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:46.015 remapping our zones and where NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:46.015 --> 00:01:47.224 our manpower goes. NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:47.230 --> 00:01:48.160 I think that's very important. NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:48.160 --> 00:01:48.920 Hadn't been done in many, NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:50.840 many years and I think that's a very, NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:52.128 very important thing for NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:52.128 --> 00:01:53.416 us to do logistically. NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:53.420 --> 00:01:54.892 And how we put our people and where NOTE Confidence: 0.824441487142857 00:01:54.892 --> 00:01:56.476 we where we assign is very important. NOTE Confidence: 0.874045846 00:01:59.160 --> 00:02:00.840 And let's just take a quick look at NOTE Confidence: 0.874045846 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:02.358 the timeline here because it is fast. NOTE Confidence: 0.874045846 00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:03.734 We're going to have two weeks NOTE Confidence: 0.874045846 00:02:03.734 --> 00:02:05.150 here until TK is sworn in. NOTE Confidence: 0.874045846 00:02:05.150 --> 00:02:07.327 Until then, Pat Ivy will remain sheriff. NOTE Confidence: 0.874045846 00:02:07.330 --> 00:02:09.328 Then he will serve until July. NOTE Confidence: 0.874045846 00:02:09.330 --> 00:02:10.574 However, there is another NOTE Confidence: 0.874045846 00:02:10.574 --> 00:02:12.743 election in March and he told me NOTE Confidence: 0.874045846 00:02:12.743 --> 00:02:14.423 he will be back on that ballot. NOTE Confidence: 0.874045846 00:02:14.430 --> 00:02:16.502 That will be for a full term when NOTE Confidence: 0.874045846 00:02:16.502 --> 00:02:18.431 he will be running for reelection NOTE Confidence: 0.874045846 00:02:18.431 --> 00:02:20.441 at that point in San Marco. NOTE Confidence: 0.874045846 00:02:20.450 --> 00:02:21.780 Zach Wilcox, First Coast news NOTE Confidence: 0.89272948 00:02:21.850 --> 00:02:22.360 on your side. NOTE Confidence: 0.856136903214286 00:02:23.290 --> 00:02:25.312 Thank you Zach and Waters and NOTE Confidence: 0.856136903214286 00:02:25.312 --> 00:02:27.049 challenger Lakisha Burton told her NOTE Confidence: 0.856136903214286 00:02:27.049 --> 00:02:28.704 supporters she will stay involved NOTE Confidence: 0.856136903214286 00:02:28.704 --> 00:02:30.975 and she felt inspired by the people NOTE Confidence: 0.856136903214286 00:02:30.975 --> 00:02:32.450 she met during her campaign. NOTE Confidence: 0.856136903214286 00:02:32.450 --> 00:02:34.508 All your size destiny McKeever was at NOTE Confidence: 0.856136903214286 00:02:34.508 --> 00:02:36.290 her campaign event earlier tonight. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:02:37.440 --> 00:02:39.568 Well, Lakisha Burton made her speech tonight NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:02:39.568 --> 00:02:41.738 on that stage at around 8:00 o'clock. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:02:41.740 --> 00:02:43.636 She talked about two big things. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:02:43.640 --> 00:02:45.599 She talked about what's next for her, NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:02:45.600 --> 00:02:47.892 if anything. And she also talked about NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:02:47.892 --> 00:02:50.068 what she did as soon as she found NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:02:50.068 --> 00:02:52.497 out TK Waters won the sheriff's race. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:02:52.500 --> 00:02:54.649 Burton says she doesn't know what's next. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:02:54.650 --> 00:02:57.114 She says she will go home and get NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:02:57.114 --> 00:02:59.238 rest before deciding what's next. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:01.529 And she also says she congratulated TK NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:01.529 --> 00:03:04.308 Waters on his win tonight and told him she NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:04.308 --> 00:03:07.038 would be there to help him however needed. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:07.040 --> 00:03:08.284 Lakisha Burton is no NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:08.284 --> 00:03:09.528 stranger to law enforcement, NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:09.530 --> 00:03:12.206 having served 24 years at JSO. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:12.210 --> 00:03:14.610 She was once a zone commander NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:14.610 --> 00:03:16.210 and a assistant chief. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:16.210 --> 00:03:18.802 Her campaign was run on change with her NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:18.802 --> 00:03:20.617 focus on Jacksonville's crime rate. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:20.617 --> 00:03:23.340 Well, tonight she says she will continue NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:23.399 --> 00:03:26.081 bringing people together as she believes NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:26.081 --> 00:03:27.869 Jacksonville is politically divided. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:27.870 --> 00:03:29.770 What happened with my candidacy, NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:29.770 --> 00:03:31.538 it brought people together NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:31.538 --> 00:03:32.864 from diverse communities, NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:32.870 --> 00:03:35.742 and I think that is representative of, NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:35.742 --> 00:03:38.830 you know. All of us at our core, NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:38.830 --> 00:03:40.330 one and the same thing. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:40.330 --> 00:03:42.592 We want a safe community, you know. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:42.592 --> 00:03:44.116 So I'm just excited. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:45.610 Lakeisha Burton making that speech NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:45.610 --> 00:03:47.100 at about 8:00 o'clock tonight. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:47.100 --> 00:03:48.892 She did not again say whether or NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:48.892 --> 00:03:50.866 not she will be running again for NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:50.866 --> 00:03:52.980 that race that's coming up in March. NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:52.980 --> 00:03:53.684 Of course, NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:53.684 --> 00:03:55.796 we'll keep you updated with the NOTE Confidence: 0.856497187857143 00:03:55.796 --> 00:03:56.500 very latest NOTE Confidence: 0.89690802 00:03:56.570 --> 00:03:58.070 reporting from the South Bank. NOTE Confidence: 0.89690802 00:03:58.070 --> 00:03:59.920 I'm destiny McKeever First Coast NOTE Confidence: 0.93846056 00:03:59.930 --> 00:04:01.650 news on your side. NOTE Confidence: 0.88304610625 00:04:02.830 --> 00:04:04.370 And we want to take a moment NOTE Confidence: 0.88304610625 00:04:04.370 --> 00:04:06.268 now and dive deeper into the NOTE Confidence: 0.88304610625 00:04:06.268 --> 00:04:07.450 Jacksonville sheriff's race. NOTE Confidence: 0.756283418888889 00:04:07.460 --> 00:04:08.744 That's right. Let's send it over NOTE Confidence: 0.756283418888889 00:04:08.744 --> 00:04:09.962 to Jeannie Blaylock, who's with NOTE Confidence: 0.756283418888889 00:04:09.962 --> 00:04:11.340 our analyst tonight. Jeannie. NOTE Confidence: 0.687217275 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:12.420 Well, let's start with John Daly. NOTE Confidence: 0.687217275 00:04:12.420 --> 00:04:15.084 He's a professor of political science at UNF. NOTE Confidence: 0.687217275 00:04:15.090 --> 00:04:17.204 And this is a very interesting question. NOTE Confidence: 0.687217275 00:04:17.210 --> 00:04:19.474 Who ran the most TV ads in the NOTE Confidence: 0.687217275 00:04:19.474 --> 00:04:21.110 sheriff's race in Jacksonville? NOTE Confidence: 0.687217275 00:04:21.110 --> 00:04:22.700 And do you think that mattered? Well, I NOTE Confidence: 0.749246658461538 00:04:22.710 --> 00:04:23.502 do think it matters. NOTE Confidence: 0.749246658461538 00:04:23.502 --> 00:04:25.289 That's one of the things I teach at UNF. NOTE Confidence: 0.749246658461538 00:04:25.290 --> 00:04:27.178 And I think there was a big disparity. NOTE Confidence: 0.749246658461538 00:04:27.180 --> 00:04:28.556 They're fundraising was actually NOTE Confidence: 0.749246658461538 00:04:28.556 --> 00:04:30.620 a lot closer than the disparity NOTE Confidence: 0.749246658461538 00:04:30.676 --> 00:04:32.286 in the amount of ads they ran. NOTE Confidence: 0.749246658461538 00:04:32.290 --> 00:04:35.058 And. I think TK ran a much more NOTE Confidence: 0.749246658461538 00:04:35.058 --> 00:04:37.211 traditional race where he had he NOTE Confidence: 0.749246658461538 00:04:37.211 --> 00:04:39.084 outspent Burton 5 to one on local NOTE Confidence: 0.749246658461538 00:04:39.084 --> 00:04:41.089 TV in terms of political ads. NOTE Confidence: 0.773807022857143 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:42.798 And let's talk now to Obi Umunna, NOTE Confidence: 0.773807022857143 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:44.320 attorney and political consultants. NOTE Confidence: 0.773807022857143 00:04:44.320 --> 00:04:46.908 Now, Obie Burton loses by 10 percentage NOTE Confidence: 0.773807022857143 00:04:46.908 --> 00:04:49.339 points and as we've been hearing, NOTE Confidence: 0.773807022857143 00:04:49.340 --> 00:04:50.585 there's another election in March NOTE Confidence: 0.773807022857143 00:04:50.585 --> 00:04:52.095 and that will decide who's the NOTE Confidence: 0.773807022857143 00:04:52.095 --> 00:04:53.379 sheriff for the next four years. NOTE Confidence: 0.773807022857143 00:04:53.380 --> 00:04:55.718 Do you think that with this 10% NOTE Confidence: 0.773807022857143 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:57.790 gap that Burton should run again? NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:04:57.880 --> 00:04:59.165 Well, listen, Chief Burton did NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:04:59.165 --> 00:05:00.860 a lot of things that you've, NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:05:00.860 --> 00:05:02.786 you haven't seen from a democratic. NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:05:02.790 --> 00:05:04.580 Candidate running citywide a she NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:05:04.580 --> 00:05:06.820 raised a good amount of money. NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:05:06.820 --> 00:05:08.772 B She was able to pull from both NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:05:08.772 --> 00:05:10.930 sides of the aisle and to be honest, NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:05:10.930 --> 00:05:12.920 she ran up against a red wave. Right. NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:15.800 And and that affected the turnout for her. NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:17.390 So she definitely should be back NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:05:17.390 --> 00:05:18.968 in the running if she decides NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:05:18.968 --> 00:05:20.360 to run to to run again. NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:22.397 She's the she was the the the NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:05:22.397 --> 00:05:24.041 definitely the best candidate in NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:05:24.041 --> 00:05:26.177 the primary on the Democratic side. NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:05:26.180 --> 00:05:27.815 She shouldn't be so discouraged NOTE Confidence: 0.800999691818182 00:05:27.815 --> 00:05:29.123 about what happened today. NOTE Confidence: 0.718949296666667 00:05:29.220 --> 00:05:30.348 All right. We appreciate you too. NOTE Confidence: 0.718949296666667 00:05:30.350 --> 00:05:32.030 We'll talk to you again in a few NOTE Confidence: 0.718949296666667 00:05:32.030 --> 00:05:33.250 minutes back over to you all. NOTE Confidence: 0.718949296666667 00:05:33.250 --> 00:05:35.638 Thank you so much. Now to the top NOTE Confidence: 0.845940933333333 00:05:35.710 --> 00:05:36.982 two race to two of the NOTE Confidence: 0.845940933333333 00:05:36.982 --> 00:05:38.203 top races that we've been NOTE Confidence: 0.845940933333333 00:05:38.203 --> 00:05:39.467 watching across the nation. NOTE Confidence: 0.845940933333333 00:05:39.470 --> 00:05:41.126 The first, the race for governor. NOTE Confidence: 0.845940933333333 00:05:41.130 --> 00:05:42.420 Here in Florida, NOTE Confidence: 0.880631895454545 00:05:42.470 --> 00:05:44.225 Governor Ron DeSantis declared the NOTE Confidence: 0.880631895454545 00:05:44.225 --> 00:05:46.420 winner as the polls officially closed. NOTE Confidence: 0.825824332857143 00:05:46.430 --> 00:05:48.649 Now Governor De Santis brought in nearly NOTE Confidence: 0.825824332857143 00:05:48.650 --> 00:05:51.009 60% of the vote against his challenger, NOTE Confidence: 0.825824332857143 00:05:51.010 --> 00:05:52.190 former Governor Charlie Crist. NOTE Confidence: 0.825824332857143 00:05:52.190 --> 00:05:54.270 Let's head over to on your side, NOTE Confidence: 0.825824332857143 00:05:54.270 --> 00:05:56.657 rich Donnelly, who has been in Tampa NOTE Confidence: 0.825824332857143 00:05:56.657 --> 00:05:58.679 tonight at the governor's watch party. NOTE Confidence: 0.825824332857143 00:05:58.679 --> 00:06:00.677 Governor DeSantis is watch party rich. NOTE Confidence: 0.715413386666667 00:06:01.710 --> 00:06:03.270 The party continues here in Tampa. NOTE Confidence: 0.715413386666667 00:06:03.270 --> 00:06:04.650 With Ron DeSantis victory NOTE Confidence: 0.715413386666667 00:06:04.650 --> 00:06:06.375 celebration and during the campaign, NOTE Confidence: 0.715413386666667 00:06:06.380 --> 00:06:07.855 the governor ran ads saying NOTE Confidence: 0.715413386666667 00:06:07.855 --> 00:06:09.330 that he would continue to NOTE Confidence: 0.715413386666667 00:06:09.386 --> 00:06:11.000 fight and take on all comers. NOTE Confidence: 0.715413386666667 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:13.232 During his victory speech, NOTE Confidence: 0.715413386666667 00:06:13.232 --> 00:06:15.464 he continued that theme. NOTE Confidence: 0.715413386666667 00:06:15.470 --> 00:06:17.955 In the legislature we fight the woke. NOTE Confidence: 0.715413386666667 00:06:17.960 --> 00:06:20.018 In the schools we fight the woke. NOTE Confidence: 0.715413386666667 00:06:20.020 --> 00:06:21.028 In the corporations. NOTE Confidence: 0.715413386666667 00:06:21.028 --> 00:06:22.036 We will never, NOTE Confidence: 0.715413386666667 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:24.125 ever surrender to the woke NOTE Confidence: 0.715413386666667 00:06:24.125 --> 00:06:26.710 mob in Florida in their vote. NOTE Confidence: 0.790741125 00:06:30.730 --> 00:06:32.794 During a speech that often attacked NOTE Confidence: 0.790741125 00:06:32.794 --> 00:06:34.170 Democratic lawmakers in Washington, NOTE Confidence: 0.790741125 00:06:34.170 --> 00:06:37.234 DC, the governor did take a moment to NOTE Confidence: 0.790741125 00:06:37.234 --> 00:06:40.538 thank his wife for standing by his side. NOTE Confidence: 0.790741125 00:06:40.540 --> 00:06:42.588 Wife giving unwavering support, NOTE Confidence: 0.790741125 00:06:42.588 --> 00:06:44.636 being a tremendous mother NOTE Confidence: 0.790741125 00:06:44.636 --> 00:06:47.350 to our three young children NOTE Confidence: 0.83259549 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:50.130 and serving as an example NOTE Confidence: 0.903472774 00:06:50.140 --> 00:06:51.690 for women throughout this state, NOTE Confidence: 0.903472774 00:06:51.690 --> 00:06:53.600 especially going through NOTE Confidence: 0.903472774 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:57.150 the Battle of cancer she is. NOTE Confidence: 0.865745468888889 00:07:01.490 --> 00:07:02.966 The governor said that when he NOTE Confidence: 0.865745468888889 00:07:02.966 --> 00:07:04.690 first took office, he had a vision NOTE Confidence: 0.865745468888889 00:07:04.690 --> 00:07:06.555 for the state of Florida and he NOTE Confidence: 0.865745468888889 00:07:06.555 --> 00:07:08.060 executed that vision. He also NOTE Confidence: 0.905644736666667 00:07:08.070 --> 00:07:09.880 says that he plans on NOTE Confidence: 0.905644736666667 00:07:09.880 --> 00:07:11.328 having better days ahead, NOTE Confidence: 0.905644736666667 00:07:11.330 --> 00:07:13.536 reporting in Tampa, Rich Donnelly, NOTE Confidence: 0.905644736666667 00:07:13.536 --> 00:07:16.039 First Coast news on your side. NOTE Confidence: 0.769223551111111 00:07:17.420 --> 00:07:18.960 And the sentences challenger, NOTE Confidence: 0.769223551111111 00:07:18.960 --> 00:07:20.885 former Florida Governor Charlie Crist, NOTE Confidence: 0.769223551111111 00:07:20.890 --> 00:07:22.402 thanked his supporters during NOTE Confidence: 0.769223551111111 00:07:22.402 --> 00:07:23.914 his concession speech tonight, NOTE Confidence: 0.769223551111111 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:25.260 calling the people of Florida, NOTE Confidence: 0.769223551111111 00:07:25.260 --> 00:07:27.568 quote, good, decent anticline. NOTE Confidence: 0.91449767 00:07:28.460 --> 00:07:30.806 It's been an absolute blessing to NOTE Confidence: 0.91449767 00:07:30.806 --> 00:07:33.020 serve as your governor before, NOTE Confidence: 0.91449767 00:07:33.020 --> 00:07:35.344 to serve as the congressman from my hometown. NOTE Confidence: 0.91449767 00:07:35.344 --> 00:07:38.816 I I feel like the most blessed man ever. NOTE Confidence: 0.91449767 00:07:38.816 --> 00:07:40.790 And Governor DeSantis, NOTE Confidence: 0.91449767 00:07:40.790 --> 00:07:41.760 to you and your family, NOTE Confidence: 0.91449767 00:07:41.760 --> 00:07:42.989 I wish you only the best, NOTE Confidence: 0.91449767 00:07:42.989 --> 00:07:46.310 and I wish the best of my fellow Floridians. NOTE Confidence: 0.880799417777778 00:07:47.690 --> 00:07:50.588 So there is a lot to unpack with Governor NOTE Confidence: 0.880799417777778 00:07:50.590 --> 00:07:52.210 Desantis's reelection win tonight. NOTE Confidence: 0.913587648571429 00:07:52.220 --> 00:07:53.753 So let's head over to our analyst NOTE Confidence: 0.913587648571429 00:07:53.753 --> 00:07:55.490 to break it all down for us. Let NOTE Confidence: 0.847752581818182 00:07:55.500 --> 00:07:56.452 me tell you something. NOTE Confidence: 0.847752581818182 00:07:56.452 --> 00:07:58.280 This race really has our experts talking. NOTE Confidence: 0.847752581818182 00:07:58.280 --> 00:07:59.582 I was watching them look at the NOTE Confidence: 0.847752581818182 00:07:59.582 --> 00:08:00.639 results going ohh my goodness. NOTE Confidence: 0.847752581818182 00:08:00.640 --> 00:08:02.280 Andrew Pantazi has covered NOTE Confidence: 0.847752581818182 00:08:02.280 --> 00:08:03.920 politics for years here. NOTE Confidence: 0.847752581818182 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:05.876 So what comes next for DeSantis? NOTE Confidence: 0.847752581818182 00:08:05.880 --> 00:08:07.100 I mean, what would prevent NOTE Confidence: 0.847752581818182 00:08:07.100 --> 00:08:08.076 him from announcing that NOTE Confidence: 0.847752581818182 00:08:08.076 --> 00:08:09.329 he's running for president? NOTE Confidence: 0.881859873333334 00:08:09.400 --> 00:08:11.224 I mean, I think he needs to game NOTE Confidence: 0.881859873333334 00:08:11.224 --> 00:08:12.892 out exactly how he's going to NOTE Confidence: 0.881859873333334 00:08:12.892 --> 00:08:14.342 handle a potential primary against NOTE Confidence: 0.881859873333334 00:08:14.342 --> 00:08:16.237 the former President Donald Trump, NOTE Confidence: 0.881859873333334 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:17.580 but where he stands? NOTE Confidence: 0.881859873333334 00:08:17.580 --> 00:08:20.260 Right now, winning by a nearly twenty NOTE Confidence: 0.881859873333334 00:08:20.260 --> 00:08:22.270 point margin is really tremendous NOTE Confidence: 0.881859873333334 00:08:22.344 --> 00:08:24.592 in a state like Florida and it puts NOTE Confidence: 0.881859873333334 00:08:24.592 --> 00:08:27.294 him on strong footing to be able to NOTE Confidence: 0.881859873333334 00:08:27.294 --> 00:08:28.980 handle even a tough primary ahead. NOTE Confidence: 0.807091995555556 00:08:29.050 --> 00:08:30.778 And when can we expect an NOTE Confidence: 0.807091995555556 00:08:30.778 --> 00:08:31.642 announcement from DeSantis? NOTE Confidence: 0.807091995555556 00:08:31.650 --> 00:08:32.780 Really no hurry for him, right? NOTE Confidence: 0.807091995555556 00:08:32.780 --> 00:08:33.620 Yeah, I don't think NOTE Confidence: 0.797116458 00:08:33.630 --> 00:08:34.660 there's a hurry right now, NOTE Confidence: 0.797116458 00:08:34.660 --> 00:08:36.495 especially given what we saw NOTE Confidence: 0.797116458 00:08:36.495 --> 00:08:37.963 with the Florida legislature. NOTE Confidence: 0.797116458 00:08:37.970 --> 00:08:39.490 He's now got super majorities NOTE Confidence: 0.797116458 00:08:39.490 --> 00:08:41.364 in the Florida House and Senate NOTE Confidence: 0.797116458 00:08:41.364 --> 00:08:43.450 where he can pass any number of NOTE Confidence: 0.797116458 00:08:43.450 --> 00:08:45.148 legislation to use to bolster NOTE Confidence: 0.797116458 00:08:45.150 --> 00:08:47.100 his campaign ahead of time, NOTE Confidence: 0.886345362857143 00:08:47.150 --> 00:08:48.650 so. Let's talk about NOTE Confidence: 0.886345362857143 00:08:48.650 --> 00:08:49.775 Democrats versus Republicans. NOTE Confidence: 0.886345362857143 00:08:49.780 --> 00:08:51.424 If you look back in recent NOTE Confidence: 0.886345362857143 00:08:51.424 --> 00:08:52.520 governors races in Florida, NOTE Confidence: 0.886345362857143 00:08:52.520 --> 00:08:53.936 sometimes the winning margin, NOTE Confidence: 0.886345362857143 00:08:53.936 --> 00:08:56.060 or you could say losing margin NOTE Confidence: 0.886345362857143 00:08:56.125 --> 00:08:57.720 has been super crazy tight. NOTE Confidence: 0.886345362857143 00:08:57.720 --> 00:08:58.632 But not tonight. NOTE Confidence: 0.886345362857143 00:08:58.632 --> 00:09:01.660 I mean, Chris loses by what, 19%? NOTE Confidence: 0.886345362857143 00:09:01.660 --> 00:09:03.886 So Democrats have got to be thinking NOTE Confidence: 0.886345362857143 00:09:03.886 --> 00:09:05.988 what we're going to do to fix this. NOTE Confidence: 0.793713200714286 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:08.480 Well, well, clearly when you have one of NOTE Confidence: 0.793713200714286 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:10.894 the biggest losses by Democrat in 154 years, NOTE Confidence: 0.793713200714286 00:09:10.894 --> 00:09:12.229 you definitely have the wrong NOTE Confidence: 0.793713200714286 00:09:12.229 --> 00:09:13.979 person at the top of the ticket. NOTE Confidence: 0.793713200714286 00:09:13.980 --> 00:09:15.954 What Democrats need to decide now are NOTE Confidence: 0.793713200714286 00:09:15.954 --> 00:09:18.007 they're going to listen to their elite. NOTE Confidence: 0.793713200714286 00:09:18.010 --> 00:09:19.991 Or they're gonna listen to the grassroot NOTE Confidence: 0.793713200714286 00:09:19.991 --> 00:09:21.814 organizers and people that have told them NOTE Confidence: 0.793713200714286 00:09:21.814 --> 00:09:23.580 that Charlie Crist was not that person. NOTE Confidence: 0.793713200714286 00:09:23.580 --> 00:09:25.482 Hopefully they they bring in new NOTE Confidence: 0.793713200714286 00:09:25.482 --> 00:09:27.066 leadership that will actually listen NOTE Confidence: 0.793713200714286 00:09:27.066 --> 00:09:28.921 to their voters so they won't suffer NOTE Confidence: 0.793713200714286 00:09:28.921 --> 00:09:30.787 a defeat like they did this today. NOTE Confidence: 0.863211038666666 00:09:30.870 --> 00:09:32.244 So you're saying they need to NOTE Confidence: 0.863211038666666 00:09:32.244 --> 00:09:33.404 get more grassroots and get NOTE Confidence: 0.863211038666666 00:09:33.404 --> 00:09:34.550 off the elite then, right? NOTE Confidence: 0.784375103333333 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:35.608 Right. They need to do that. NOTE Confidence: 0.784375103333333 00:09:35.610 --> 00:09:37.080 But they also need to really sit NOTE Confidence: 0.784375103333333 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:38.383 down and listen to what their NOTE Confidence: 0.784375103333333 00:09:38.383 --> 00:09:39.637 voters are asking them to do. NOTE Confidence: 0.784375103333333 00:09:39.640 --> 00:09:41.656 I think what sometimes what what these, NOTE Confidence: 0.784375103333333 00:09:41.660 --> 00:09:42.944 what these democratic consultants NOTE Confidence: 0.784375103333333 00:09:42.944 --> 00:09:44.549 are telling them it's only NOTE Confidence: 0.784375103333333 00:09:44.549 --> 00:09:46.269 catering to certain people and not NOTE Confidence: 0.784375103333333 00:09:46.269 --> 00:09:47.619 catering to their actual voters. NOTE Confidence: 0.784375103333333 00:09:47.620 --> 00:09:48.588 And as you saw. NOTE Confidence: 0.784375103333333 00:09:48.588 --> 00:09:49.798 Today their voters stayed home NOTE Confidence: 0.885860070909091 00:09:49.870 --> 00:09:51.394 and that was not a close NOTE Confidence: 0.885860070909091 00:09:51.394 --> 00:09:52.990 election at all for governor. NOTE Confidence: 0.885860070909091 00:09:52.990 --> 00:09:53.878 Alright, thank you too. NOTE Confidence: 0.885860070909091 00:09:53.878 --> 00:09:54.766 We'll be talking with NOTE Confidence: 0.885860070909091 00:09:54.766 --> 00:09:55.849 you in just a moment. NOTE Confidence: 0.885860070909091 00:09:55.850 --> 00:09:57.506 And let's go back now to NOTE Confidence: 0.885860070909091 00:09:57.506 --> 00:09:58.880 Anthony and Heather, Anthony NOTE Confidence: 0.867904246923077 00:09:59.190 --> 00:10:01.675 and Jeannie, let's talk about the other NOTE Confidence: 0.867904246923077 00:10:01.675 --> 00:10:04.119 local race for governor in Georgia. NOTE Confidence: 0.838144182 00:10:04.190 --> 00:10:05.849 So just coming into our newsroom at NOTE Confidence: 0.838144182 00:10:05.849 --> 00:10:07.907 this late hour, Governor Brian Kemp, NOTE Confidence: 0.838144182 00:10:07.907 --> 00:10:10.601 now projected to win reelection after NOTE Confidence: 0.838144182 00:10:10.601 --> 00:10:12.648 Stacey Abrams, his Democrat opponent, NOTE Confidence: 0.838144182 00:10:12.648 --> 00:10:15.070 has just conceded the race to him. NOTE Confidence: 0.838144182 00:10:15.070 --> 00:10:16.374 As of right now, NOTE Confidence: 0.838144182 00:10:16.374 --> 00:10:18.773 Kemp has the lead with nearly 54. NOTE Confidence: 0.838144182 00:10:18.773 --> 00:10:22.470 Percent of the vote over Stacey Abrams, 45% NOTE Confidence: 0.850565136666667 00:10:22.520 --> 00:10:23.996 now to the race for U.S. NOTE Confidence: 0.850565136666667 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:25.065 Senate in Florida. NOTE Confidence: 0.850565136666667 00:10:25.065 --> 00:10:26.840 In another quickly called race, NOTE Confidence: 0.850565136666667 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:28.500 Senator Marco Rubio won his NOTE Confidence: 0.850565136666667 00:10:28.500 --> 00:10:29.828 reelection bid with nearly NOTE Confidence: 0.850565136666667 00:10:29.828 --> 00:10:31.538 all of the ballots counted. NOTE Confidence: 0.850565136666667 00:10:31.540 --> 00:10:34.012 Rubio has nearly 58% of the NOTE Confidence: 0.850565136666667 00:10:34.012 --> 00:10:36.210 vote over Val Demings 41%. NOTE Confidence: 0.8231574235 00:10:36.220 --> 00:10:38.180 And on your sides. Taylor Leveque was NOTE Confidence: 0.8231574235 00:10:38.180 --> 00:10:40.341 with the Rubio campaign as the results NOTE Confidence: 0.8231574235 00:10:40.341 --> 00:10:42.243 came down in Senator Rubio's favor. NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:46.261 Rubio spoke to hundreds of his supporters NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:10:46.261 --> 00:10:49.377 with his family by his side here in Miami. NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:10:49.380 --> 00:10:51.720 He says he's grateful for reelection NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:54.540 in to represent the state of Florida. NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:10:54.540 --> 00:10:55.992 He says his job is to NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:10:55.992 --> 00:10:57.420 protect the rights of people, NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:10:57.420 --> 00:11:00.060 and that's exactly what he plans to do. NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:00.060 --> 00:11:01.262 The people in this country are NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:01.262 --> 00:11:02.294 going to vote for the people NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:02.294 --> 00:11:03.479 that fight for people like them. NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:04.500 They're going to vote for people NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:04.500 --> 00:11:05.775 that are going to fight for people NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:05.775 --> 00:11:06.710 that care about being safe. NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:06.710 --> 00:11:08.040 They don't want drugs coming NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:08.040 --> 00:11:08.838 across our border, NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:10.420 that don't want illegal immigration NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:10.420 --> 00:11:12.000 running rampant into our country, NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:13.740 that don't want to have to NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:13.740 --> 00:11:14.900 pay $4.00 for gasoline, NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:14.900 --> 00:11:16.752 that don't want to have to pay 22% more NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:16.752 --> 00:11:18.194 than they used to for their groceries. NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:19.430 So when you see the results. NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:19.430 --> 00:11:20.910 Across this country tonight, NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:20.910 --> 00:11:22.055 that's what it's all about. NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:22.055 --> 00:11:25.055 Rubio went on to say that after tonight, NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:25.060 --> 00:11:27.980 the Republican Party will never be the same, NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:27.980 --> 00:11:30.596 and he is more energized and excited than NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:30.596 --> 00:11:32.858 ever before to work in the US Senate. NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:32.860 --> 00:11:35.284 This will be his third term in Miami. NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:35.290 --> 00:11:35.870 Taylor Novak, NOTE Confidence: 0.913754675 00:11:35.870 --> 00:11:37.610 First Coast news on your side. NOTE Confidence: 0.797730133636364 00:11:38.990 --> 00:11:40.605 Democratic Senate candidate Val Demings NOTE Confidence: 0.797730133636364 00:11:40.605 --> 00:11:42.670 spoke to her supporters in Orlando, NOTE Confidence: 0.797730133636364 00:11:42.670 --> 00:11:44.924 where she served as former police chief. NOTE Confidence: 0.797730133636364 00:11:44.930 --> 00:11:47.044 And although she lost her race to NOTE Confidence: 0.797730133636364 00:11:47.044 --> 00:11:48.602 Rubio tonight, she vowed to keep NOTE Confidence: 0.797730133636364 00:11:48.602 --> 00:11:50.346 fighting and urged others to do the NOTE Confidence: 0.797730133636364 00:11:50.346 --> 00:11:51.930 same for issues important to them. NOTE Confidence: 0.880185342857143 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:56.000 We must look to our next fight NOTE Confidence: 0.880185342857143 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:58.990 to stand for the values. NOTE Confidence: 0.880185342857143 00:11:58.990 --> 00:12:03.016 We believe in and hold America. NOTE Confidence: 0.880185342857143 00:12:03.020 --> 00:12:07.520 To its promise of liberty. And justice. NOTE Confidence: 0.806375833571429 00:12:09.310 --> 00:12:11.122 And this race between Senator Rubio NOTE Confidence: 0.806375833571429 00:12:11.122 --> 00:12:13.330 and Val Demings was also a close one, NOTE Confidence: 0.806375833571429 00:12:13.330 --> 00:12:15.380 being watched across the nation. NOTE Confidence: 0.91142785 00:12:15.450 --> 00:12:17.418 So let's check back in with our analysts NOTE Confidence: 0.91142785 00:12:17.418 --> 00:12:19.680 with a closer look at this race. Jeannie. NOTE Confidence: 0.8895219425 00:12:19.910 --> 00:12:21.810 Yeah, let's dig into NOTE Confidence: 0.830093528 00:12:20.770 --> 00:12:21.800 this just a bit more. So we're NOTE Confidence: 0.82403552375 00:12:21.810 --> 00:12:22.830 talking about Val Demings NOTE Confidence: 0.82403552375 00:12:22.830 --> 00:12:23.850 and her local roots, NOTE Confidence: 0.82403552375 00:12:23.850 --> 00:12:25.041 Wolfson High school, NOTE Confidence: 0.82403552375 00:12:25.041 --> 00:12:26.629 deep roots in Mandarin. NOTE Confidence: 0.82403552375 00:12:26.630 --> 00:12:28.226 Let's look at this graphic right here. NOTE Confidence: 0.82403552375 00:12:28.230 --> 00:12:29.590 This is not statewide numbers. NOTE Confidence: 0.82403552375 00:12:29.590 --> 00:12:31.490 This is Duval County today. NOTE Confidence: 0.82403552375 00:12:31.490 --> 00:12:34.070 She doesn't do well at all. NOTE Confidence: 0.82403552375 00:12:34.070 --> 00:12:37.174 44.5% to Rubio, 54.2%. NOTE Confidence: 0.82403552375 00:12:37.174 --> 00:12:38.470 So, John, how come? NOTE Confidence: 0.82403552375 00:12:38.470 --> 00:12:39.434 What happened? NOTE Confidence: 0.82403552375 00:12:39.434 --> 00:12:40.398 Interesting parallels NOTE Confidence: 0.76611 00:12:40.410 --> 00:12:42.310 with between Demings and Burton, NOTE Confidence: 0.76611 00:12:42.310 --> 00:12:43.669 both African American NOTE Confidence: 0.76611 00:12:43.669 --> 00:12:45.028 female Democrat candidates, NOTE Confidence: 0.76611 00:12:45.030 --> 00:12:46.514 both Wolfson High grads, NOTE Confidence: 0.76611 00:12:46.514 --> 00:12:49.642 both ended up with about 44% of Duvall vote. NOTE Confidence: 0.76611 00:12:49.642 --> 00:12:51.550 I think they both made some NOTE Confidence: 0.76611 00:12:51.625 --> 00:12:53.930 strategic mistakes along the ways, NOTE Confidence: 0.76611 00:12:53.930 --> 00:12:55.070 but they also both suffered NOTE Confidence: 0.76611 00:12:55.070 --> 00:12:56.703 from a weakness at the top of NOTE Confidence: 0.76611 00:12:56.703 --> 00:12:58.017 the ticket that did not bring NOTE Confidence: 0.76611 00:12:58.017 --> 00:12:59.240 out African American voters. NOTE Confidence: 0.898900262857143 00:12:59.410 --> 00:13:00.705 And so let's talk a little bit, NOTE Confidence: 0.898900262857143 00:13:00.710 --> 00:13:02.410 Andrew, about a trend you've NOTE Confidence: 0.898900262857143 00:13:02.410 --> 00:13:04.110 been noticing all evening here. NOTE Confidence: 0.898900262857143 00:13:04.110 --> 00:13:05.706 Is there a trend of just voting, NOTE Confidence: 0.898900262857143 00:13:05.710 --> 00:13:07.354 whoops, straight down party lines and NOTE Confidence: 0.898900262857143 00:13:07.354 --> 00:13:09.140 not really focusing on the candidate? NOTE Confidence: 0.898900262857143 00:13:09.140 --> 00:13:10.370 What are you seeing? Yeah, NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:10.380 --> 00:13:12.164 I think what we're seeing is more and NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:12.164 --> 00:13:13.836 more people are voting based on party. NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:15.358 And so for the first time, NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:16.640 you're really seeing not much NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:16.640 --> 00:13:18.220 difference no matter what race it is, NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:18.220 --> 00:13:19.364 whether it's the sheriff, NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:19.364 --> 00:13:21.122 the governor, Attorney General, CFO, NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:21.122 --> 00:13:23.880 all these races coming in pretty similar. NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:23.880 --> 00:13:25.840 And it seems like voters are instead NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:28.039 just saying are you a D or are you an R? NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:28.040 --> 00:13:29.132 And since Democrats didn't NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:29.132 --> 00:13:30.497 turn out to vote today, NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:30.500 --> 00:13:32.292 that means it doesn't matter how good NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:32.292 --> 00:13:33.995 of a candidate you might have been NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:33.995 --> 00:13:35.637 down ballot or for the US Senate NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:35.637 --> 00:13:37.197 because the top of the ticket, NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:39.030 the gubernatorial race was not NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:39.030 --> 00:13:40.860 bringing people out to vote. NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:41.580 People weren't voting. NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:41.580 --> 00:13:43.940 And so even in a place like Jacksonville, NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:43.940 --> 00:13:46.600 where Val Demming says such deep roots, NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:48.466 she didn't do much better than NOTE Confidence: 0.893318622666667 00:13:48.466 --> 00:13:49.710 Charlie Crist did here. NOTE Confidence: 0.930832668571429 00:13:49.800 --> 00:13:52.236 A lot of interesting things happen tonight. NOTE Confidence: 0.930832668571429 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:53.488 But this is midterm, NOTE Confidence: 0.930832668571429 00:13:53.488 --> 00:13:54.736 not the presidential election. NOTE Confidence: 0.930832668571429 00:13:54.740 --> 00:13:56.076 So we'll see what happens as we go NOTE Confidence: 0.930832668571429 00:13:56.076 --> 00:13:57.506 on for the next couple of months. NOTE Confidence: 0.930832668571429 00:13:57.510 --> 00:13:58.480 So back to you guys. NOTE Confidence: 0.930832668571429 00:13:58.480 --> 00:13:59.596 Thank you so much for all NOTE Confidence: 0.930832668571429 00:13:59.596 --> 00:14:00.154 your expertise tonight, NOTE Confidence: 0.930832668571429 00:14:00.160 --> 00:14:00.949 Heather and Anthony. NOTE Confidence: 0.857615661111111 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:03.994 And now to the race for Senate NOTE Confidence: 0.857615661111111 00:14:03.994 --> 00:14:05.964 in Georgia, where at this hour, NOTE Confidence: 0.857615661111111 00:14:05.964 --> 00:14:08.509 the race just way too close to call. NOTE Confidence: 0.790543415555556 00:14:08.660 --> 00:14:10.883 As of now, it's a split down the middle. NOTE Confidence: 0.790543415555556 00:14:10.890 --> 00:14:13.250 Both Herschel Walker and Raphael NOTE Confidence: 0.790543415555556 00:14:13.250 --> 00:14:15.790 Warnock pulling in 49% of the vote. NOTE Confidence: 0.790543415555556 00:14:15.790 --> 00:14:17.690 You see those numbers here between us? NOTE Confidence: 0.790543415555556 00:14:17.690 --> 00:14:19.890 At last check, less than NOTE Confidence: 0.790543415555556 00:14:19.890 --> 00:14:21.990 30,000 votes separate the two. NOTE Confidence: 0.790543415555556 00:14:21.990 --> 00:14:23.635 We're also keeping a close eye on NOTE Confidence: 0.790543415555556 00:14:23.635 --> 00:14:24.819 this race throughout the night. NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:24.970 --> 00:14:26.430 And three proposed amendments NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:26.430 --> 00:14:27.890 on Florida's constitution still NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:27.890 --> 00:14:29.816 up in the air at this hour. NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:29.820 --> 00:14:31.370 Amendment One would allow homeowners NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:31.370 --> 00:14:33.323 to flood proof their homes without NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:33.323 --> 00:14:35.048 being taxed on those improvements. NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:35.050 --> 00:14:38.572 Improvements Amendment two would abolish the NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:38.572 --> 00:14:40.920 state's Constitutional Revision Commission. NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:40.920 --> 00:14:42.525 And then amendment three would NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:42.525 --> 00:14:43.809 expand the homestead property NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:43.809 --> 00:14:45.150 exemption for first responders, NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:45.150 --> 00:14:46.734 teachers and the military. NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:46.734 --> 00:14:48.096 Now, constitutional amendments NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:48.096 --> 00:14:50.714 must receive at least 60% of the NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:50.714 --> 00:14:52.082 vote in order to become law. NOTE Confidence: 0.829352267333334 00:14:52.090 --> 00:14:54.978 None is above that threshold at this point. NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:14:55.050 --> 00:14:56.828 Let's go to St. John's County now. NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:14:56.830 --> 00:14:58.555 Voters there overwhelmingly NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:14:58.555 --> 00:15:01.430 rejecting a proposed sales tax. NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:01.430 --> 00:15:02.770 That one penny sales tax. NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:02.770 --> 00:15:04.900 The ballot amendment called for an NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:04.900 --> 00:15:07.100 additional 1% sales tax to finance nearly NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:09.170 half a billion in county projects, NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:09.170 --> 00:15:11.480 including roads and parks. But. NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:13.856 63% of voters said no to the idea, NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:16.195 meaning many expressing concerns that NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:16.195 --> 00:15:19.017 that tax would subsidize developers and NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:19.017 --> 00:15:21.097 allow unchecked growth to continue. NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:22.882 Saint Johns County is the second NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:22.882 --> 00:15:24.639 fastest growing county in the state, NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:24.640 --> 00:15:26.544 and you can keep track of some of NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:26.544 --> 00:15:28.485 these too close to call races and NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:28.485 --> 00:15:30.229 other local results that we haven't NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:30.229 --> 00:15:32.437 covered on air by going to the First NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:32.437 --> 00:15:35.780 Coast News app and our website, NOTE Confidence: 0.902895787142857 00:15:35.780 --> 00:15:36.000 firstcoastnews.com.