ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — St. Lucie County flipped blue in Tuesday’s governor’s race for the first time in more than a decade, as voter turnout climbed despite historic flooding that forced last-minute polling place changes.
Democrat David Jolly carried the county with approximately 51% of the vote, compared with 48% for Republican Byron Donalds.
The result marked the first time since 2012 that a Democratic candidate for governor or president won a majority in St. Lucie County. That year, former President Barack Obama carried the county with 53.42% of the vote.
According to TCPalm, voter turnout reached 56.5% in the county, up 5.2 percentage points from the 2022 general election, when 51.3% of registered voters cast ballots…