The race ended up being even closer than the polls had shown. With 89% of the precincts reported, Republican Rick Scott lead Democrat Alex Sink by only 1 percentage point. Scott had 2,553,434 votes, while Sink had 2,500,510 as of 10:30 A.M. this morning. The exit polls didn’t show either candidate being heavily favored either. The only thing that could be noticed was the fact that 52% of independent voters supported Rick Scott, while only 42% supported Alex Sink.
Rick Scott has been declared the winner of the 2010 Florida Governor Race. Even though 100% of the election results had not yet been counted, Alex Sink conceded to Scott.
The Republican Scott will take over for current incumbent Governor Charlie Crist who lost the Florida Senate election to Republican Marco Rubio.
