The Florida Senate race was a highlight on the 2024 ballot, and Amendment 4 on abortion rights has drawn national attention.
Here's a recap of each amendment that was on Floridian ballots, whether they passed or failed and what weed and abortion laws are like in Florida.
(Reuters) - U.S. congressman Jared Moskowitz said on Friday he was informed by police of a potential plot on his life and that a suspect was arrested not far from the Democrat's Florida home with a rifle and a manifesto that included antisemitic rhetoric.
ABC News is projecting that former President Donald Trump will win Florida's 30 electoral votes. A crucial abortion access ballot measure is projected to fail. Voters in Florida also cast their ballots in several down-ballot contests. The state has long been considered a battleground, but has shifted more Republican in recent years.
A Florida International University poll taken a few weeks before Election Day found that 68% of Cuban American voters in Miami-Dade, which has the largest Hispanic community in the state, said they would vote for Trump, while 23% said they would vote for Harris and 5% were undecided.
While the nation is anxiously waiting to see who will be the next president, Florida is watching six constitutional amendments.
Florida’s abortion-rights ballot initiative fell short of passing on Tuesday, leaving in place a six-week abortion ban that has helped restrict access across almost all of the Southern U.S.
Florida voters failed to make abortion a constitutional right in the state despite a majority of Florida voters casting a ballot in favor of the amendment.
Florida on Tuesday became the first state to reject an abortion rights amendment since Roe v. Wade was overturned, but backers of the measure decried that a minority of voters was able to prevail.
Trump voted in Florida, where it is legal to wear campaign apparel at the polls. Solicitation of voters is not allowed.