Florida Midterms: Donalds and Nixon Pursue Historic Firsts as Election Day Arrives

Florida voters decide Tuesday's midterm races in which Republican Byron Donalds, 48, seeks the governorship and Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon challenges Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody. Donalds would be Florida's first Black Republican governor and the first Black Republican elected governor in the U.S. Nixon, endorsed by former President Barack Obama, would be Florida's first Black senator and the first Democrat to win a Senate seat there since 2012, but she has polled several points behind Moody. Donalds told Newsmax on Saturday that President Donald Trump's packed Daytona Beach rally energized Republican voters, and he predicted victory. Nixon, who backs Medicare for All and abolishing ICE, said Moody refuses to debate her and alleged Moody is sending people to harass her family and staff at her bookstore; Moody's campaign did not respond to Zeteo.

HuffPost, on the left, leads with the historic milestone and Donalds' reluctance to discuss race. It features his remark that the campaign can be lonely, his belief that perceptions of Black Republicans ride on the result, and his visit with young Black boys at a Miami mentoring event. Newsmax, on the right, leads with his political message and outlook: the rally's energy, a predicted win and a call for voters to reject the Democratic Party. Its excerpt does not mention the historic angle. Both center Donalds and Tuesday's vote, but one stresses personal identity while the other stresses the partisan contest. Zeteo, an independent outlet, is distinct, focusing on Nixon's progressive platform, her accusations against Moody, and her criticism of CBS News and Laura Loomer.