Elections

Ron DeSantis won a second term as Florida’s governor in a rout on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, cementing Republicans’ grip on power in a state that was once a premier battleground and his own reputation as a top contender for the presidency.Mr. DeSantis became governor four years ago in a contest so narrowly decided, by a mere 32,463 votes, that it required a recount. This time, he clobbered Charlie Crist, a Democratic former representative and governor with wide name recognition in the state. The Associated Press called the race right after the polls closed, a rarity in recent election cycles in Florida, a swing state that has shifted to the right.Unlike past statewide candidates, who moderated their positions to appeal to the center of a divided electorate, Mr. DeSantis campaigned as an unapologetic culture warrior willing to fight the “woke left” and as a brash executive eager to defy public health experts during the coronavirus pandemic.So confident was he of victory that he spent part of the past few weeks traveling out of state to attend political events for other Republican candidates.His political ascent over the past decade from a backbencher in Congress to a presidential hopeful has placed Mr. DeSantis increasingly at odds with former President Donald J. Trump, whose endorsement secured Mr. DeSantis the Republican nomination for governor in 2018. The two men did not campaign together in the days before the election, and Mr. Trump, a Florida resident, tested out a derisive nickname against the governor: “Ron DeSanctimonious.”Mr. DeSantis’s ability to position himself as Mr. Trump’s heir without his baggage has turned him into a darling of Republican donors hedging their bets against the former president, or looking for an alternative. Mr. DeSantis raised some $200 million for the governor’s race, a staggering amount that he did not come close to spending and that could seed a presidential run. More

Representative Nicole Malliotakis defended her seat on Tuesday against Max Rose, the Democrat whom she unseated two years ago, preserving her status as the lone Republican in New York City’s House delegation, according to The Associated Press.Ms. Malliotakis was widely expected to win re-election in New York’s 11th Congressional District, which encompasses Staten Island and a section of southern Brooklyn, and is the most conservative-leaning in the city.Shortly after The A.P.’s race call, at around 9:45 p.m., Ms. Malliotakis led Mr. Rose by more than 26 percentage points. She held a significant lead with voters in Staten Island, which makes up the bulk of the district.In Ms. Malliotakis’s re-election campaign, she followed her party’s strategy of focusing on the economy and public safety, pinning rising inflation and crime on Democratic leaders and, by extension, on Mr. Rose.In particular, she focused on changes to New York’s bail laws made by state Democrats in 2019, which she blamed for an uptick in crime. Though Mr. Rose was not involved, she noted that he had voiced support for the principles behind bail reform in the past.Mr. Rose focused his campaign heavily on abortion access, arguing that Ms. Malliotakis would support further restrictions in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. He also tried to link Ms. Malliotakis to far-right factions of her party, zeroing in on her voting against certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.But Ms. Malliotakis, a former state assemblywoman, was able to build on the success she found in 2020, when she beat Mr. Rose by about six percentage points, and kept the seat in Republican hands after it flipped parties in each of the previous two elections. More

Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, defeated his Democratic challenger, Representative Val Demings, on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. The win secures his third term in Congress and further cements the G.O.P.’s grip on the state.Ms. Demings, a Black woman who served as Orlando’s first female police chief, was seen as a formidable opponent to Mr. Rubio, a polished mainstay of Florida politics. Ms. Demings mounted a serious challenge in which she highlighted her law enforcement credentials in a midterm cycle in which Republicans tried to paint Democrats as soft on crime.In the final days of the race, Ms. Demings campaigned with President Biden, who had considered her during the 2020 campaign as a potential running mate. Mr. Rubio held a rally with former President Donald J. Trump.But Ms. Demings struggled for months to narrow Mr. Rubio’s lead in the polls in a state that has shifted rightward. Mr. Rubio, who held few campaign events while the state was recovering from Hurricane Ian and delivered a gaffe-free performance in the single debate between the candidates, gave her few opportunities to undercut his campaign.Mr. Rubio painted his opponent as extreme, calling her a “puppet” of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and claiming that she would be “Florida’s most liberal senator ever” and was “dangerously radical.” More

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose racist and antisemitic conspiracy theories put her on the fringes of the Republican Party when she was first elected two years ago, was re-elected on Tuesday and is poised to play a more central role in the next Congress. The race was called by The Associated Press.Ms. Greene’s win in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District was never in question. The district is one of the most Republican in the country, and The Associated Press called the race for her over her Democratic opponent, Marcus Flowers, soon after the polls closed. But her growing status and clout, coupled with the likely election of similar candidates elsewhere in the country, reflects a broader transformation of the Republican Party.When Ms. Greene won the party’s nomination in 2020, it caused consternation among mainstream Republicans who did not want to be associated with her promotion of the QAnon movement and other far-right conspiracy theories. Among other things, she had suggested that the Sept. 11 attacks were a hoax; that wildfires had been caused by space lasers controlled by the Rothschilds, the banking family used as a metonym for Jews in antisemitic conspiracy theories; and that Democratic leaders should be executed.But, after initially trying to ignore her, Republicans rallied around Ms. Greene when House Democrats stripped her committee assignments. In her primary this year, she easily defeated a more moderate Republican. Far from being a pariah, she is an increasingly influential player in the House Republican caucus.In September, she stood directly behind Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader, as he described the priorities of a future Republican majority. More

Las contiendas reñidas determinarán el balance de poder en el Congreso, las legislaturas estatales y las gobernaciones. Los reporteros del Times informan desde distintos puntos de todo el país.Nuestra cobertura en español del Día de las Elecciones ha terminado por hoy. Pero el Times sigue informando minuto a minuto sobre la contienda. Lee aquí, en inglés, los informes más recientes.Las urnas cerraron en los estados pioneros de Nuevo Hampshire, Georgia, Virginia, Ohio y Carolina del Norte, mientras los tabuladores de votos se preparaban para dar los primeros anuncios de las elecciones de mitad de mandato de 2022.Estas votaciones se perfilan como unas de las más importantes de los últimos años, ya que los electores determinarán qué partido controlará no solo la Cámara de Representantes y el Senado, sino 36 gobernaciones y una serie de cargos estatales clave, desde secretarios de estado hasta jueces de la Corte Suprema. Sus decisiones influirán en el resto de la presidencia de Joe Biden y podrían afectar a la propia democracia representativa.Con la llegada de los resultados de distintos estados, la aguja electoral del Times ya está funcionando. Utilizamos los resultados anticipados y los datos de las encuestas para estimar en tiempo real el resultado de las elecciones para el Senado y la Cámara de Representantes. La aguja comienza la noche mostrando una sacudida en el Senado y favoreciendo ligeramente a los republicanos en el control de la Cámara de Representantes.Hasta el momento, dos pioneros han ganado las carreras para gobernador, según The Associated Press: Wes Moore, demócrata, fue elegido primer gobernador negro de Maryland, y Maura Healey, demócrata, se convirtió en la primera gobernadora electa de Massachusetts. También será la primera mujer abiertamente lesbiana en ocupar ese cargo en el país.Y el gobernador republicano de Florida, Ron DeSantis, fue reelegido con holgura, lo que podría generar un enfrentamiento por la nominación presidencial republicana de 2024 con el expresidente Donald Trump.Los sondeos a boca de urna indican que, en general, la economía y la inflación eran lo que más les importaba a los votantes, y favorecían a los republicanos para solucionar la incertidumbre económica.También hay indicios de que Estados Unidos podría dirigirse de nuevo a una batalla sobre la mecánica del voto. En Arizona, la candidata republicana a la gobernación, Kari Lake, ya ha difundido afirmaciones inexactas sobre un percance con las máquinas de votación en el condado de Maricopa, el más poblado de su estado.Las urnas no cerrarán hasta tarde en algunos de los principales campos de batalla: Arizona, Nevada, California y Oregón. Y el conteo de votos se prolongará probablemente en Pensilvania, un estado en el que una candente carrera por la gobernación determinará las leyes sobre el aborto y donde una reñida campaña por el Senado podría definir el control de los partidos en la cámara alta del Congreso.Esto es lo que debes saber para emitir tu voto si aún no lo has hecho, y para seguir los resultados:Los procedimientos de votación varían según el estado; puedes encontrar el tuyo aquí [en inglés]. Si no estás registrado, algunos estados permiten el registro en el mismo día; aquí puedes comprobar si el tuyo lo permite. Si vives en Alaska y tienes dudas sobre su sistema de votación por orden de preferencia, también te lo contamos [en inglés].Las primeras urnas cerraron a las 6 p. m. (hora del Este) en partes de Indiana y Kentucky, y las últimas cierran a la 1 a. m. (hora del Este) en las Islas Aleutianas del oeste de Alaska. Aquí hay una guía detallada de los cierres de urna. Recuerda que si estás en la fila cuando cierran las mesas de votación, puedes votar.No hay mejor lugar para ver los resultados que nytimes.com. Así es como anunciamos los ganadores en la noche de las elecciones. Y aquí es donde obtenemos los últimos resultados de todo el país. Acá se explica nuestra aguja para ayudarte a entender qué candidato o partido va camino de la victoria.Pueden pasar días antes de tener una imagen clara de los resultados. Aquí encuentras un resumen de la línea de tiempo probable. Sin embargo, hay un puñado de elecciones que podrían definirse pronto y servir de indicadores para el resto del país. More

Wes Moore, a Democrat, celebrity author and former nonprofit executive, won Maryland’s election for governor, according to The Associated Press, defeating a far-right Republican and becoming the first Black governor of the state.Mr. Moore was declared the winner over Dan Cox, a state legislator who won the Republican primary with support from former President Donald J. Trump but found little backing among the independent and moderate Democratic voters that have, in the past, propelled Maryland Republicans to statewide office.A newcomer to politics, Mr. Moore, 44, emerged in July from a crowded primary packed with political veterans, relying on his biography and an endorsement from Oprah Winfrey.He campaigned on the standard Democratic platform, calling for an end to child poverty in Maryland and more state investment in public transit and renewable energy projects.An Army veteran, Mr. Moore had been known primarily for writing a best-selling book, in which he claimed to be a Baltimore native, even though he is not. But neither his Democratic primary rivals nor Mr. Cox found much traction among voters in attacking Mr. Moore on that issue.Though Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, led the state for the past eight years, Mr. Cox received little help from the party’s establishment. Mr. Hogan refused to endorse him and major Republican donors in the state defected to support Mr. Moore. More

Generation Z officially has a seat in Congress.Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a 25-year-old Democrat, won his election on Tuesday in Florida’s 10th Congressional District over Calvin Wimbish, a Republican, according to The Associated Press. Mr. Frost will represent the Orlando-area seat being vacated by Representative Val Demings, the Democratic nominee for senator.His victory guarantees that the next Congress will include at least one member of Generation Z, whose oldest members were born in 1997 and are newly eligible for the House, which has a minimum age of 25. He could be joined by Karoline Leavitt, a Republican running in New Hampshire’s First Congressional District.It is rare for 25-year-olds to be elected to Congress. Before Representative Madison Cawthorn, Republican of North Carolina, won in 2020, it hadn’t happened in more than 45 years.Mr. Frost is a progressive Democrat whose campaign focused on issues of particular salience to many young voters: gun violence, climate change, abortion rights and Medicare for all. His background is in activism, including work with the student-led anti-gun-violence movement March for Our Lives.In an interview with The New York Times in August, he argued that he brought a different perspective to politics because of the era he had come of age in: one of mass shootings, increasingly frequent natural disasters and broad social upheaval.“I come from a generation that has gone through more mass-shooting drills than fire drills,” he said. “This is something that my generation has had to face head-on: being scared to go to school, being scared to go to church, being scared to be in your community. That gives me a sense of urgency.” More