With Runaway Win, DeSantis’s Political Career Becomes Supercharged
Posted on AllSides November 10th, 2022
From The Left
Scott McIntyre for The New York Times
Gov. Ron DeSantis steadfastly focused his re-election campaign on President Biden rather than on his Democratic opponent in Florida. But Mr. DeSantis’s runaway victory on Tuesday, while crushing to Democrats, felt more like a win over a different rival: former President Donald J. Trump.
While candidates endorsed or handpicked by Mr. Trump stumbled nationally, Mr. DeSantis routed former Representative Charlie Crist by 19 percentage points, an astonishing result that Republicans in the state were still marveling over on Wednesday.
“We had probably the best night you could have ever asked for,” said...
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