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The statewide races. we wanted to make sure every single vote, including those that were over vote, under votes, as long as it was a legally cast vote and we wanted them to be counted. now that we are rounding that process out, r.j. and i wanted to take a moment to congratulate mr. desantis on becoming the next governor of the great state of florida. >> gillum's concession makes desantis the governor-elect of florida. bill nelson will have to come to grips that he is the only top flight democrat and he's separated by 12,000 votes in his race against rick scott, the governor of florida. here in...

Became more than being in the governor a governor governor's mansion. >> we said we would fight until the last vote is counted. obviously we are now closing out the hand recount phase in two of the statewide races. we wanted to make sure that every single vote, including the over votes, under votes, we wanted them to be counted. now that we are rounding that process out, r.j. and i wanted to take a moment to congratulate mr. desantis on becoming the next governor of the great state of florida. >> gillum's concession makes ron desantis a republican closely tied to president trump the governor-e...

He also close race for governor, which also went to a machine recount. republican ron desantis will be the state's next governor beating tallahassee mayor andrew gillum. gillum conceded last night. >> and now that we are rounding that out, rj and i wanted to take a moment to congratulate mr. desantis on becoming the next governor of the great state of florida. >> ron desantis tweeted, this was a hard fought campaign. now it's time to bring florida together. absolutely one of the closest midterm elections in florida history, possibly of all time. here's how close it was peered out of it was. at...

Do not feel defeated. that is because i've had the privilege of serving the people of florida and our country for most of my life. reporter: the republican governor rick scott will not be heading to washington. he released the statement four hours ago. quote i just spoke with senator bill nelson. he graciously conceded and i thanked him for his years of public service. now the campaign truly is behind us. and that is where we need to leave it. also the close race for governor.republican ron desantis will be the next governor beating the tallahassee mayor, andrew gillum. andrew gillum conceded ...

Process out, rj and i wanted to take a moment to congratulate mr. desantis on becomes the next governor of the great state of florida. reporter: so what will governor elect desantis' moves be. he was ask if pe might try to clean things up and fire brenda snipes here. here was his office. >> i'm going to take office on january 8th. i ran on accountability and so i urge all of your voters to follow my administration closely when i get in. reporter: finally the drama is not over the board here will meet at 10 a.m. to give them plenty of time to submit these numbers by the 12:00 noon deadline. we ...