Florida Republicans survived the ‘blue wave’, but find themselves on shaky ground

Sunshine state emerged as the lone flag bearer of the Maga agenda, but even there, the GOP finds itself on the defense

After the dust settled on Tuesday night’s near-annihilation of the Republican party nationwide, a single red flag fluttered defiantly in Florida, now a last bastion of the Maga movement that has dominated politics in the US for a decade.

Voters in the Sunshine state bucked the national trend, just barely, to elect two close allies of Donald Trump into office: congressman Byron Donalds as its first Black governor, and Ashley Moody to the US Senate.