Ron DeSantis held a second press conference on midterm election day to highlight how Florida retained every statewide office with Republican wins. He contrasted that sweep with Texas losing the U.S. Senate race, an outcome not seen in roughly 30 years, and noted they lost by double digits while also surrendering the governor's race overwhelmingly. The state of Texas lost every single statewide office including four Supreme Court justices and the House of Representatives. Kansas did not elect a Democratic United States senator either. DeSantis described the environment as comparable to a century-scale political earthquake far more severe than 2018 or 2006. He claimed Florida has a huge role to play over the next two years and called it THE BEACON for Republicans. If the party did not surge yesterday like they did, we were done according to his assessment.