Rick Scott leading Bill Nelson by 10,000 votes in Florida Senate race, official results show

Republican Rick Scott is leading Democrat Bill Nelson by 10,000 votes in the race to become the next U.S. senator to represent Florida, official results showed Sunday.

Nelson, who served three terms in the U.S. Senate, met his match in Gov. Rick Scott. Sunday marks what would be Scott’s third close statewide win in less than a decade.


The apparent victory also marks the first time in more than a century that the Sunshine State has two Republican senators representing them in Washington. The state is scheduled to certify results in the race on Nov. 20. Nelson will have a 10-day window at that time to file a challenge.

Election Day results showed Nelson trailing Scott by more than 56,000 votes. Scott’s lead narrowed to 12,603 votes after a statewide machine recount. The new numbers triggered an automatic hand recount under Florida law.

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