Thu Nov 10, 2022 – 11:00 am EST
(American Thinker) — Ron DeSantis is getting the lion’s share of national attention for his sweeping victory that has turned Florida into a Republican bastion, adding almost 20 points to his margin of victory in 2018, when he barely won the governorship.
Among his pillars of success was his strong opposition to COVID shutdowns of businesses and schools and his opposition to vaccine mandates.
But two other state-wide races on Tuesday featured incumbent candidates who vigorously fought COVID shutdowns and mandatory vaccines. And in both races, the incumbents won victories with even bigger margins than DeSantis.
In Kentucky, with 95 percent of the vote counted, Rand Paul is winning re-election to the Senate with a 23.6 percent margin, according to the Associated Press.
Sen. Paul’s spirited questioning of Dr. Anthony Fauci, using his expertise as a medical doctor who actually treats patients (unlike Fauci, who is a pure bureaucrat often masquerading in a lab coat), no doubt was on the mind of Kentucky voters.
In South Dakota, Gov. Kristi Noem, who kept schools and businesses open in the state and saw the economy boom, had an even bigger margin of victory: 26.8 percent
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