WLRN News Staff

Book, 42, served in the state Senate for two terms (eight years), beginning in 2016. She was Senate minority leader from 2021 to 2024.

The campaign flipped a seat long held by Republicans, marking a major political shift for the coastal district. He defeated Republican Yoni Anijar.

Polls have closed across Florida for Election Day 2026. Watch as results come in for the key races in South Florida and statewide.

Advocates report at least 56 people have died in ICE custody since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025.

The newsroom staff of WLRN will be teaming up with public radio stations around Florida to bring listeners on air and readers online the latest election results of the top statewide offices, including the governor’s race between the leading candidates Republican Byron Donalds and Democrat David Jolly.

The Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce announced it is receiving $850,000 in federal Community Project Funding to establish the Liberty Square Launchpad, a new small business incubator aimed at expanding economic opportunity and empowering local entrepreneurs in Liberty City.

Only days before Tuesday's midterm elections, a local union group brought Cuban and Venezuelan voters to Little Havana for a rally Thursday to denounce U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, accusing the Republican congresswoman of abandoning her immigrant and working-class constituents.

"We've seen where people, even locally in Broward County, have mailed a ballot and it's taken up to two weeks for that ballot to get here, which is totally unacceptable," Broward County Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott told WSVN 7News.

According to festival organizers, the multi-day event offers "three days of curated screenings, filmmaker Q&As, special events and networking opportunities, all centered around the art of the short film."

With the Nov. 3 election near and early voting underway in South Florida, candidates from both major parties along with voter mobilization groups are rallying voters to get to the polls.

“María Elvira Salazar has become the poster child for Washington’s culture of corruption, political hypocrisy, and contempt for accountability,” Rodriguez said in a statement late Friday.

We have compiled endorsements for the 2026 election ballots in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach County — as well as Florida-wide races — from newspapers, unions and other voices from across the political spectrum.