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Year. why is it that florida went so very red? and so many other places did n not? >> think this a couple good reasons for adverse floridians got to see republicans in leadership during and after the pandemic. what an incredible difference that made. our economy was strong, our businesses were protected. our schools were open. so i think there is a lot of confidence in our republican leaders. for me, being a senior part of the desantis administration i got to see firsthand just how important it was to have the right people making decisions at that critical time for our state. second candidates...

All said and done we could see an additional $100 million poured into the state. folks here getting ready for an influx of ads will be all over the airwaves at least for the next few weeks. jon: is 2020 oliver again. charles watson in atlanta, charles thank you. much of florida it went red in this years midterm with the gop flipping three house seats there. voters also delivered resounding victories to the states republican governor desantis and senator marco rubio. the italian house of representatives right now stands at 211 republicans, 201 democrats with a 23 house races still undecided. fl...

Republicans. i want to point out quickly, if -- if you look at -- definitely 10% than it was in 2018, specifically among latino men. and an 11 point bump for republicans. >> if i could, the concern, quickly, is that this concern is not just happening broadly across the, map it's who it is with. it's not just cuban americans in south florida, demographic and over. well it's with puerto ricans, it's with colombians, it's with central americans. and it's not just for candidates with like ron desantis, is for a slew of republicans. >> -- marco rubio and ron desantis did very, very well. and as muc...

Yes, florida has been trending republican since george w. bush kicked out his victory over al gore by 537 votes 22 years ago. but this was something to note. because desantis won two democratic strongholds -- miami-dade county and palm beach counties -- he won latino voters by 18 percentage points. joe biden won them two years ago. it's no wonder why donald trump has already begun attacking rhonda santas. cnn national correspondent -- is in palm beach, florida. kristen, we are now hearing that trump and his team are gearing up for what they view as an inevitable showdown with governor desantis...

Hurt himself very badly. i think he would be making a mistake and i don't think the base would like it. i don't think it would be good for the party. i would tell you things about him that would be very unflattering, a clear threat here. i will note that for months behind closed doors, trump has told close advisers that he feels he's upset with ron desantis. -- back in 2018, which trump believes is the reason he became the florida governor in the first place. so, all of this really coming down to the wire. and one thing to point out, though, jake, right now the showdown, this battle, is really...