Democrats captured Georgia's governor's office for the first time since 1998 in Tuesday's midterm elections, securing a major victory in a key presidential battleground as voter discontent over the economy, inflation, healthcare and the future of democracy weighed on Republicans.
In Florida, however, Republicans retained control of the governor's office, with US Representative Byron Donalds defeating Democrat David Jolly, a former Republican congressman who later became an independent before running as a Democrat. Vote counting was under way in several other closely watched contests, including Texas and Ohio.
