A strong across-the-board showing by Donald Trump helped propel the Republican former president to victory in Florida, once a preeminent swing state that has increasingly slipped out of Democrats’ grasp.

Republican Donald Trump won Florida, as expected, notching a victory in one of the night’s biggest electoral troves, the Associated Press projected. With 83% of the vote counted, Trump had 55% to 44% for Vice President Kamala Harris.

Florida’s abortion-rights ballot initiative fell short of passing on Tuesday, leaving in place a six-week abortion ban that has helped restrict access across almost all of the Southern U.S. The measure’s defeat is a significant victory for Gov.

A high-stakes abortion amendment in Florida has failed following a long-fraught battled against the progressive legislation by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.