Florida Election Results: Donalds Is Governor; Moskowitz Remains, Amendment 3 Passes

UPDATED 1 p.m. Wednesday

BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Republican Byron Donalds is the next Governor of the State of Florida, beating Democrat David Jolly in Florida’s race for governor by 107,695 votes out of more than 8.2 million counted, 50.02% to 48.71%, with all precincts reporting statewide. This is the update based on 1 p.m. Wednesday reporting from the State of Florida.

Palm Beach County favors Jolly by a wide margin, 55.53% to 43.25%, with all 813 precincts in.

All of these numbers are unofficial results from Florida Election Watch and the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections. Palm Beach County’s vote-by-mail count stays partially reported until after the signature cure and overseas ballot deadlines, so totals can still change. Statewide, 8,335,497 ballots have been recorded, a 60.82% turnout. Palm Beach County shows 576,527 ballots and 64.81% turnout.

Statewide Races

Republicans lead every statewide office. Ashley Moody holds the widest margin of the group in the U.S. Senate race, 238,733 votes over Angie Nixon.

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

• Byron Donalds / Bryan Avila (REP): 4,132,334 (50.02%)
• David Jolly / Gwen Graham (DEM): 4,024,639 (48.71%)
• Scott Eckhard Jewett / Nicole Skelly (LPF): 37,889 (0.46%)
• Frank J. Russo / Rachel Rodriguez (NPA): 23,201 (0.28%)
• Charles Burkett / Ruben A. Coto (NPA): 15,239 (0.18%)
• Dean Ocean Abrams / Joe Van Vactor (NPA): 12,535 (0.15%)
• Jeffrey Peter “Dr. Jeff” Datto / Juan Santana (NPA): 8,312 (0.1%)
• Moliere “Moe” Dimanche / Benjiman Rojas (NPA): 7,591 (0.09%)

U.S. Senate

• Ashley Moody (REP): 4,208,004 (50.87%)
• Angie Nixon (DEM): 3,969,271 (47.99%)
• Neil J. Gillespie (NPA): 94,538 (1.14%)

Attorney General

• James Uthmeier (REP): 4,177,901 (50.93%)
• Jose Javier Rodriguez (DEM): 4,024,563 (49.07%)

Chief Financial Officer

• Blaise Ingoglia (REP): 4,151,579 (50.94%)
• Annette Taddeo (DEM): 3,997,932 (49.06%)

Commissioner of Agriculture

• Wilton Simpson (REP): 4,160,577 (51.08%)
• Joey Mendoza Atkins (DEM): 3,984,621 (48.92%)

Constitutional Amendments

Amendments need 60% to pass. Only one is above that line right now.

• Amendment 1, Budget Stabilization Fund: Yes 3,170,557 (40.9%), No 4,580,981 (59.1%)
• Amendment 2, Exemption of Tangible Personal Property on Agricultural Land From Taxation: Yes 4,542,890 (58.21%), No 3,260,799 (41.79%)
• Amendment 3, Increased Homestead Exemption; Lower Cap On Increases In Non-Homestead Property Assessments: Yes 4,917,796 (61.98%), No 3,016,195 (38.02%)

Florida Supreme Court

Justice Carlos G. Muñiz retention: Yes 4,296,744 (57.69%), No 3,150,945 (42.31%).

Closest Palm Beach County Races

With every precinct in, Jon Maples leads Emily Gregory by just 1,052 votes in State House District 87. In County Commission District 4, Marci Woodward is ahead of Curtis Calabrese by 1,127 votes.

Elizabeth Holmes leads Megan Weinberger by 1,801 votes in House District 94. In House District 91, Peggy Gossett-Seidman is 4,391 votes ahead of Luis Garcia.

For Congress and the State Legislature, the totals below are from Florida Election Watch and include votes from every county in the district.

U.S. House

• District 21: Brian Mast (REP) 183,773 (53.95%); James T. Martin (DEM) 152,430 (44.75%); Alexander Cooke (NPA) 4,454 (1.31%)
• District 22: Pia Dandiya (DEM) 153,047 (51.89%); Casey Askar (REP) 141,886 (48.11%)
• District 23: Lois Frankel (DEM) 169,831 (65.65%); Deborah Adeimy (REP) 88,876 (34.35%)
• District 25: Jared Moskowitz (DEM) 143,753 (51.26%); Scott Singer (REP) 130,787 (46.64%); Peter Jassenoff (LPF) 5,876 (2.1%)

State Senate

• District 24: Mack Bernard (DEM) 99,732 (64.6%); Jackie Green (REP) 54,649 (35.4%)
• District 26: David Silvers (DEM) 135,162 (58.04%); Rick Roth (REP) 97,725 (41.96%)
• District 30: Lauren Book (DEM) 115,114 (62.83%); Hector Rivera (REP) 68,094 (37.17%)

State House

• District 86: John Snyder (REP) 50,957 (62.16%); Elizabeth Brendel Pandich (DEM) 31,026 (37.84%)
• District 87: Jon Maples (REP) 38,673 (50.69%); Emily Gregory (DEM) 37,621 (49.31%)
• District 88: Jervonte “Tae” Edmonds (DEM) 34,626 (79.86%); William Joseph (REP) 8,732 (20.14%)
• District 89: Debra Tendrich (DEM) 25,668 (64.95%); Cathy Higgins (REP) 13,851 (35.05%)
• District 90: Rob Long (DEM) 42,109 (62.93%); Ionel Roiban (REP) 24,801 (37.07%)
• District 91: Peggy Gossett-Seidman (REP) 39,862 (52.91%); Luis Garcia (DEM) 35,471 (47.09%)
• District 92: Kelly Skidmore (DEM) 51,751 (57.92%); Steve Byers (REP) 37,593 (42.08%)
• District 93: August Mangeney (DEM) 40,626 (56.19%); Anne Gerwig (REP) 31,669 (43.81%)
• District 94: Elizabeth Holmes (DEM) 38,361 (50.34%); Megan Weinberger (REP) 36,560 (47.98%); Doug Barrow (NPA) 1,280 (1.68%)

Palm Beach County Offices

• Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller: Yvette Drucker (DEM) 342,817 (62.04%); Mike Caruso (REP) 209,718 (37.96%). Caruso was removed from the Clerk position after he was arrested on child molestation charges.
• County Commission, District 4: Marci Woodward (REP) 47,441 (50.6%); Curtis Calabrese (DEM) 46,314 (49.4%)
• County Commission, District 6: Katherine Waldron (DEM) 50,844 (58.21%); Sara Baxter (REP) 36,509 (41.79%)
• Port of Palm Beach, Group 5: Deandre Poole (DEM) 98,460 (59.1%); Ted Sarandis (REP) 68,143 (40.9%)
• School Board, District 4: Christina L. Romelus 44,832 (61.62%); Daniel Zapata 27,920 (38.38%)
• Palm Beach Soil and Water Conservation District, Group 3: Douglas Brown 219,704 (47.31%); Lewis Pope 123,961 (26.7%); Angelo Andrew 120,690 (25.99%)
• Indian Trail Improvement District, Seat 1: Jay Sweet 9,087 (55.09%); Kirk Ljongquist 7,409 (44.91%)
• Indian Trail Improvement District, Seat 3: Patricia “Patty” Farrell 9,049 (54.57%); Jack Lloyd Bell II 7,533 (45.43%)
• Indian Trail Improvement District, Seat 5: Michael T. Johnson 9,041 (55.57%); Christopher Karch 7,229 (44.43%)
• Avenir Community Development District, Seat 2: Bill Rosenberg 1,058 (70.44%); Luis A. Vinas 444 (29.56%)

Fourth District Court of Appeal

Districtwide retention totals from Florida Election Watch:

• Judge Alan O. Forst: Yes 757,604 (55.74%), No 601,633 (44.26%)
• Judge Mark W. Klingensmith: Yes 738,874 (54.86%), No 608,073 (45.14%)
• Judge Johnathan D. Lott: Yes 751,894 (55.83%), No 594,817 (44.17%)
• Judge Shannon K. Shaw: Yes 771,175 (57.2%), No 576,991 (42.8%)
• Judge Caroline Cahill Shepherd: Yes 781,320 (58.02%), No 565,410 (41.98%)

Palm Beach County Ballot Questions

• Parks bonds: Yes 349,320 (66.17%), No 178,625 (33.83%)
• Library District bonds: Yes 231,550 (63.57%), No 132,706 (36.43%)
• School District question: Yes 411,632 (76.87%), No 123,851 (23.13%)