Florida Held the Line. Every Republican Should Study How.

On a brutal night for the GOP, Byron Donalds and Ashley Moody won statewide by talking about grocery bills, insurance premiums and freedom. That is the road back.

By Clara Hughes

There is no sugarcoating Tuesday. Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate, the Associated Press and other decision desks reported, flipping Senate seats in Kansas, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina and South Carolina. Conservatives who love this country do not hide from results. We read them, we learn from them, and we get back to work. So start with the one big state where Republicans did not lose: Florida. Republican Rep. Byron Donalds defeated Democrat David Jolly to become Florida's next governor, NBC News projected. He is slated to become the state's first Black governor. And Sen. Ashley Moody held her seat against Democrat Angie Nixon, CBS News projected. On a night when ruby-red seats fell from Kansas to South Carolina, Florida stood. Keep reading with Altas Premium. Below: what Donalds and Moody actually ran on,