How Rick Scott lost his Keys

Published November 10, 2018 1:54am ET



Gov. Rick Scott lost the Florida Keys after an initial tally showed him ahead there by one vote in the race for U.S. Senate.

The Monroe County Supervisor of Elections released numbers Friday that showed Scott, the Republican in the contest, lost by 10 votes to incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., the Miami Herald reports. That tally from an election summary report showed Nelson getting 18,036 votes and Scott receiving 18,026.

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