US Midterms: Republican DeSantis Re-elected In Florida

DeSantis, 44, won his re-election bid in a nearly 20-percentage-point landslide against Democratic challenger Charlie Crist in a victory he described as a “win for the ages”.

Eko Hot Blog reports that In his initial campaign to become governor in 2018, by comparison, he won by less than a single percentage point.

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Some have speculated that the win by a candidate some have referred to as “Trump 2.0” will set him on a collision course with Donald Trump to secure the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2024.

Notably, the crowd at DeSantis’s victory party in Tampa chanted “two more years” at the smiling candidate – perhaps a sign of his rapidly increasing electoral viability.

Among those who now see DeSantis as a stronger White House contender than Trump was Mike Cernovich, a right-wing commentator who was once described by Politico as an “indefatigable Trump cheerleader”.

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“Trump has zero shot at 2024 in general. After tonight, this isn’t up for debate,” Cernovich tweeted on Tuesday night. “DeSantis in 2024 or accept total defeat.”

SOURCE: BBC

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