DeSantis rewrote the political map in Florida. Will the changes be permanent?

MIAMI — In his victory speech Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said that his victory over Democrat Charlie Crist had “rewritten the political map.” It wasn’t hyperbole. The Republican governor managed to flip eight of the 13 counties he had lost in his first election in 2018 and improved his performance in each of Florida’s 67 counties. Those gains propelled DeSantis to the most lopsided victory by a Florida governor since 1982, when Democrat Bob Graham won re-election with more than 64% of the vote in Florida. DeSantis saw his biggest gain in Miami-Dade County, with a 16-point improvement over his ...