border as open as it is 4 million coming across illegally i thought all of those things would have made for a really big republican night. i have to say as much as i think it s despicable the biden strategy of demonizing republicans and attacking republicans and defaming republicans, i think did have an impact and will probably become part of the definition of the democratic party. steve: sure. there was a red wave though in the state of florida. ron desantis is going to wind up winning by close to 20 points. i think governor desantis is the single biggest winner of the night and almost certainly become the rallying point for everybody in the republican party wants to move beyond president trump. remarkable race. desantis did well and so frankly marco rubio who did almost as well and president trump was in miami with rubio two nights before the republicans swept
dade county, which, as you know, is unheard of. governor bush once did it. but other than that, republicans have never had the kind of margin in dade county that both rubio and desantis got. i think desantis is the biggest single winner of the night and that s going to resonate across the whole country. the republican governors in general, like governor kemp, like sununu, like dewine, abbott, all of them did very, very well last night. steve: all right. newt gingrich joining us with the post game show, newt, thank you very much. thank you. steve: still ahead, as we were just talking about sunshine for republicans in florida with victories all across the one-time swing state. we are going to hear from anna paw lena luna who flipped a house seat red and talk about ron desantis big win in miami-dade county.
walker got only 8% of the black voter. got 42% of the independents, and 39% of hispanics. so he did not wind up with any majority in those. ainsley: when you look at new york zeldin didn t win. he hasn t come out and said that covid-19 hochul. steve: he hasn t conceded. ainsley: looks like he is not going to win. the republican refugees have flocked to florida. have gone to tennessee. have gone to texas. to these states where you can be a republican and you re cheered, conservatism just works down in the state of florida. look at desantis. florida does not have a single democratic holding statewide. marco rubio swept that area. he is the first republican in florida to win a third 6-year term as a senator. he was outraised and outspent by val demings and still did well. republicans have flocked to florida. it has now turned to a red state. you remember when george w. bush was running and he only won the
oh-io. meantime barring any major surprises on the house side kevin mccarthy and g.o.p. do seem poised to usher nancy pelosi right out of the speaker s office. when you wake up tomorrow, we will be in the majority and nancy pelosi will be in the minority. [cheers and applause] the american people are ready for a majority that will offer a new direction. that will will put america back on track. republicans are yesterdayy to deliver it. kevin mccarthy speaking there meantime democrats actually lost a number of high profile gubernatorial races across the country. brian kemp, for example, knocking out stacey abrams in georgia again. beto o rourke losing yet another bid for political office in the great state of texas falling to greg abbott ases he remains in the state house in beautiful austin, texas. the news wasn t all bad for the democrats last night. kathy hochul and gretchen
48 each. you need 51 for a majority for the republicans, democrats just need 50. because they got the vice president. brian: listen to this. this is s what you should be focusing on and unfolding throughout our show. four key senate races still not called. georgia looks like they are heading to a runoff. no one is getting 50. we don t know for sure yet. about 95% are in. nevada, looks like laxalt surged since we got up this morning. he now has a lead there but not everybody is counted. arizona struggling to come up with their tallies. but it looks like masters is still far behind, and wisconsin ron johnson has not trailed but he has just got half a point lead. we are closely monitoring all those races and ron johnson said he is depressed that it s even close even though he expects to win. ainsley: house is also still for grabs 218 seats needed for control. you can see republicans are inching closer to the majority. steve: many tight races ending with some major upsets and some cr