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Voters and volunteers poll workers go about the business of casting ballots at Precinct #516 in the North Greenwood Recreation Complex on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Clearwater. Polls opened at 7 a.m. local time across Florida and will stay open until the last voter in line by 7 p.m. has cast a ballot.
Election 2020 updates: The day after, what comes next?
Hour by hour, the latest on the outcome of the balloting in Florida and nationwide.
Nov. 4• Politics
Voters approve amendment supporting Florida minimum wage increase
Kinoy Miller prepares food at the Love Life Cafe Oct. 29 in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami. Florida voters decided Tuesday whether to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour over six years.
Measure to bring the hourly amount up to $15 over the next few years barely passed the 60 percent threshold.
Nov. 4• Elections
Republicans maintain control of Florida Senate
Florida state election results: Legislature, Amendments, more
Republicans may even grow their majority.
Nov. 4• Elections
Tampa Bay election results: Here’s who won local and state races
Staff at the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections receive and count ballots late into the night on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Tampa.
Charlie Crist, Kathy Castor and Gus Bilirakis all won reelection, as did sheriffs Chad Chronister and Bob Gualtieri.
Nov. 3• Elections
Florida, Tampa Bay election results: President, Legislature, local races
Election results: Florida and Tampa Bay
See all races, statewide and in Hillsborough, Pinellas and other Tampa Bay counties.
Nov. 3• Elections
Hillsborough County election results: Sheriff, commission, local races
See results in Chad Chronister’s re-election race and more.
Nov. 3• Elections
Pinellas County election results: sheriff, commission, local races
See results in Bob Gualtieri’s re-election race and more.
Nov. 3• Elections
Pasco County election results: Commission, local races
See results for school superintendent and more.
Nov. 3• Elections

Latest

  1. Believe it or not, Congress’ COVID-19 relief bill stalls once again
    Earlier today• Health
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks past reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.
  2. Close but not yet: Congress nears deal on COVID-19 economic aid
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks past reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
  3. Biden tells Georgia he needs a Democratic Senate to govern
    Dec. 16• Elections
    President-elect Joe Biden speaks at a drive-in rally for Georgia Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff on Tuesday in Atlanta.
  5. Turning the page? Republicans acknowledge Biden’s victory
    Dec. 16• Nation & World
    President-elect Joe Biden speaks at a drive-in rally for Georgia Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff on Tuesday in Atlanta.
  6. Biden to pick Buttigieg as transportation chief, AP sources say
    Dec. 15• Elections
    Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Ind., and a rival of Joe Biden's for the Democratic presidential nomination, is said to be Biden's pick for transportation secretary.
  7. Vladimir Putin congratulates Biden now that electoral college has confirmed win
    Dec. 15• Elections
    In a photo from March 2011, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Putin has congratulated Biden on winning the U.S. presidential election after weeks of holding out.
  8. Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses Trump election lawsuit
    Dec. 14• Elections
    In this Nov. 20 photo, people line up for a Milwaukee hand recount of the presidential election at the Wisconsin Center, in Milwaukee.
  9. Nearly 30 arrested after clashes at Trump supporters rally
    Dec. 13• Elections
    Supporters of President Donald Trump attend a rally Saturday at Freedom Plaza in Washington.
  10. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms declines role in Biden administration
    Dec. 13• Elections
    Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, speaking Nov. 2 to supporters of Joe Biden, is a rising star in the Democratic Party.
  11. Biden’s Homeland Security pick faces questions on 2015 probe
    Dec. 13• Elections
    Alejandro Mayorkas, President-elect Joe Biden's Homeland Security Secretary nominee, speaks Nov. 24 in Wilmington, Del.
  12. Hunter Biden subpoena seeks info on Burisma, other entities
    Dec. 13• Elections
    President-elect Joe Biden, right, embraces his son Hunter Biden, left, on Nov. 7 in Wilmington, Del. Biden’s son Hunter says he has learned from federal prosecutors that his tax affairs are under investigation.
  13. Tempers, violence flare as Trump supporters rally in Washington
    Dec. 13• Nation & World
    Supporters of President Donald Trump wearing attire associated with the Proud Boys. a neo-fascist group known to incite street violence, attend a rally at Freedom Plaza on Saturday in Washington.
  14. Supreme Court rejects Republican attack on Biden victory
    Dec. 11• Nation & World
    Kathy Kratt of Orlando, Fla., right, displays her Trump flags as she and other activists demonstrate their support for President Donald Trump at the Supreme Court in Washington on Friday.
  15. Congress passes one-week spending bill to avert shutdown, COVID-19 talks continue
    Dec. 11• Nation & World
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, speaks during a news conference following a weekly meeting with the Senate Republican caucus on Tuesday at the Capitol in Washington.
  16. Gus Bilirakis explains (sort of) his support of Texas lawsuit to overturn election results
    Dec. 11• Politics
    U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor.
  17. In Arizona, Trump’s false claims have torn open a GOP rift
    Dec. 11• Elections
    In this Oct. 19 photo, President Donald Trump, left, pauses with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey during a campaign rally in Tucson, Ariz.
  18. Trump said no candidate has won Florida and Ohio and lost. Pants on Fire! | PolitiFact
    Dec. 11• Elections
    President Donald Trump speaks after awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, to Olympic gold medalist and former University of Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 7 in Washington.
  19. Trump has lost dozens of election lawsuits. Here’s why. | PolitiFact
    Dec. 10• Elections
    Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters on Nov. 19 in Washington.
  20. Biden taps Susan Rice as domestic policy adviser, Denis McDonough for VA
    Dec. 10• Elections
    Denis McDonough, shown here at FBI headquarters in 2013 when he served as White House chief of staff, is President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  21. Lawmakers try to avert shutdown as COVID talks drag on
    Dec. 9• Nation & World
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives to talk to reporters after a Republican Conference luncheon on Capitol Hill on Nov. 17.
  22. Hunter Biden tax probe examining Chinese business dealings
    Dec. 9• Nation & World
    In this Nov. 7 photo, President-elect Joe Biden, right, embraces his son Hunter Biden, left, in Wilmington, Del. Biden’s son Hunter says he has learned from federal prosecutors that his tax affairs are under investigation.
  23. President-elect? GOP may wait for January to say Biden won
    Dec. 9• Elections
    President-elect Joe Biden announces his health-care team Tuesday at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Del.
  24. Biden picks Fudge for housing, Vilsack for agriculture, sources say
    Dec. 9• Elections
    Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, speaks in April on the floor of the House of Representatives. Fudge and former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota have been in the running for secretary of agriculture.
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