# Red Florida’s Blue Silver Linings

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/red-floridas-blue-silver-linings/
- Published: 2026-11-05T12:17:44+00:00
- Original publisher: Mother Jones (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/11/red-floridas-blue-silver-linings/
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Byron Donalds won the governor’s race, but Democrats gained ground across Florida.
- Democrats flipped Hillsborough County’s commission and made legislative gains.
- Jolly’s campaign raised about $22 million, against Donalds’s more than $125 million.

## Summary

Republican Byron Donalds won Florida’s governor’s race, but Democrats made gains across the state, including in areas that had backed Donald Trump in 2024. The results suggest Florida did not turn blue, yet the broad shift towards Democrats and victories in redrawn congressional districts offer the party a foundation to build on.

An Associated Press analysis found movement to the left in almost every Florida county, with the strongest shifts in Miami, Tampa Bay and Orlando. Democrat David Jolly won Miami-Dade, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, while Democrats flipped control of Hillsborough County’s commission and were expected to end Republican supermajorities in both chambers of the state legislature. Donalds raised more than $125 million for the governor’s race, compared with about $22 million for Jolly.

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