The Florida governor's race is down to about 13,000 votes. With about 91% of the expected vote counted, Democrat David Jolly has 3,751,100 votes (49.5%) and Republican Byron Donalds has 3,737,944 (49.3%), a gap of 13,156 (AP via NYT live results, 8:14 PM ET).
The lead has changed hands through the night: Jolly led by about 178,000 at 7:27 PM ET on early and mail ballots, Donalds led by about 90,000 at 7:58 PM ET, and Jolly moved back in front just after 8 PM ET. Still out at 8:14 PM ET: Walton and Jackson counties had not reported, and Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Bay were roughly half to two-thirds counted. The race has not been called.
Live count: https://thefilterednews.com/elections
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4m ago
8:14 PM ET: Jolly 3,751,100 (49.5%), Donalds 3,737,944 (49.3%), about 91% counted. Not called.
14m ago
8:01 PM ET: Jolly 3,103,661 / Donalds 3,060,799, about 75% counted (AP via NYT).
15m ago
8:03 PM ET: lead changed hands again. Jolly 3,229,850 (49.5%), Donalds 3,209,340 (49.2%), about 78% counted. Not called.
19m ago
7:58 PM ET: Donalds 2,896,750 / Jolly 2,806,927, about 69% counted (AP via NYT).
31m ago
Published.
