Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis thanks supporters after re-election

Ron DeSantis addressed his supporters and thanked them for re-electing him as governor of Florida. DeSantis defeated gubernational candidate Charlie Crist to retain his role as governor.

“We have not only won an election, we have rewritten the political map,” DeSantis said. “Thank you for honoring us with a win for the ages.”

DeSantis also acknowledged those who hadn’t voted for him in the previous election, but did this year, saying that he is “honored to have earned your trust and your support over these four years.”

DeSantis said that while he was happy with the results of the midterms, “in reality Americans have been voting for many years now, they have been voting with their feet,” pointing to the fact that people have been moving to Florida en masse in recent years.

“People come here because our policies work, leadership matters,” he said. “We saw freedom and our very way of life in so many other jurisdictions in this country wither on the vine. Florida held the line. We chose facts over fear. We chose education over indoctrination.” 

Despite speaking negatively about DeSantis multiple times this week, President Donald Trump had urged Republicans to vote for DeSantis.

DeSantis ultimately won the state of Florida with 59.5% of the vote – 4,591,876 votes. Charlie Crist came in second with 39.9% of the vote and a total of 3,076,237 votes.