And so it comes around again: A Florida Recount!
It looks increasingly like Krysten Sinema will win in Arizona. So attention will shift to Florida and possibly Georgia. The problems there are that - unlike Arizona - the GOP establishment seems intent on preventing a full vote count. They are ahead in the three important races and they don't want to imperil that by counting more votes. The fact that counting all the votes is a signature feature of democratic governance isn't really a high priority for them. As the GOP shrinks into a smaller and smaller slice of the electorate, suppressing votes will be increasingly important to them.
Of course, the broader question is about how we run elections. First off, we have a patchwork of state and local agencies trying to run a complicated national event. Then, we add on to that a partisan agenda and the result is Florida.
I hope Stacey Abrams forces a run-off and wins. I would be thrilled if Andrew Gillum won the Florida governor's race.
But boring old Bill Nelson is a six year Senate term that could determine the balance of the Senate in 2021. That's the gold ring.
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