A man holding red Maga hats
A campaign aide tosses Maga hats to attenders at a Trump midterm campaign rally in Daytona Beach, Florida, on 30 October 2026. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
A campaign aide tosses Maga hats to attenders at a Trump midterm campaign rally in Daytona Beach, Florida, on 30 October 2026. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
AnalysisFlorida Republicans survived the ‘blue wave’, but find themselves on shaky groundRichard Luscombe in Miami

Sunshine state emerged as the lone flag bearer of the Maga agenda, but even there, the GOP finds itself on the defense