It’s been eight years since Democrats won a statewide office in Florida, 14 years since a Senate seat, and 32 years since the governor’s office. Yet Democrats are holding their own this cycle in other high-stakes races, including competitive congressional districts redrawn by the Republican-controlled legislature designed to flip at least four of them red. […]

Democrat Lois Frankel faces Republican Deborah Adeimy in the U.S. House race in Florida’s 23rd District. Find out why each wants your vote.

With more than 4.5 million Floridians already casting ballots, CBS News Miami’s Jim DeFede analyzes Republican and Democratic turnout and what it could mean for three closely watched congressional races.

On Thursday, Oct. 29, College Democrats at FSU marched from Westcott to the Student Union poll as part of the campaign for Angie Nixon for U.S. Senate.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon led a get-out-the-vote caravan Saturday through Miami-Dade County, beginning at Charles Hadley Park in Liberty City. The event brought together local elected officials and supporters as the campaign worked to reach voters ahead of Tuesday's midterm election.

You won't need to stay up all night Tuesday to spot a big Democratic wave in the 2026 midterm elections. But it could take days — or even weeks — to know whether Republicans have survived a smaller one and held on to the House or Senate. Why it matters: A handful of early results in key states and congressional districts will tell us whether Democrats are headed for a landslide or disappointment. What we're watching: Florida, Florida, Florida....

Eight black candidates in the home stretch of their gubernatorial campaigns in states across the country are vying for a win that would be historic, given there have been just five black governors, and only three elected, since the United States was established. Three of the 2026 candidates are Republican, mounting campaigns in Florida, Minnesota, […]