Outgoing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis offered valuable insight into the results of the 2026 midterm elections, along with future predictions for the Republican Party.

The Democrat sweep was not an endorsement of the party, but a refutation of Washington Republicans, DeSantis argued before equating the election results to a “meteor strike.”

“Last night we witnessed, to call it a wave, I don’t think would be fully accurate. It’s the political equivalent of a meteor strike that went all around the United States,” DeSantis said following the election, according to Fox News Digital. “Blue states, red states, everything in between. And the one state that was able to hold the line and withstand that is right here in the free state of Florida.”

With the loss of governors races in Texas, Ohio and Georgia, there will be only one state of the top ten most populous states with a Republican governor:

Florida.

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) November 4, 2026

DeSantis described Republican losses as “close to an extinction-level event” in many parts of the country, but maintained that Democrat policies remain unpopular.

“Here’s the thing. Democrats are unpopular. They were able to win based on the sentiment that exists in the country right now. They did not earn a mandate to indulge all their left-wing fantasies. And they’re going to be in there governing, and we’ll see what ends up happening,” DeSantis said.

“But this was not a positive view of the Democrats. This was a rejection of Republicans in Washington,” he continued. “And Democrats just happened to be the beneficiary.”

DeSantis also pointed out the long-term effects of Republican losses in the U.S. Senate and all across Texas.

“If you look at our chief rival, in a healthy sense, the state of Texas, and I would say over my lifetime, Texas has been the crown jewel of Republican politics. I think we’ve been the leader for Republicans and conservatives since I’ve been governor. But if you go over the whole generation, no one holds a candle on the Republican side to the Lone Star State. And yet, not only did they lose a very highly publicized U.S. Senate race, they lost everything,” DeSantis continued.

“The governor, attorney general, all the other statewide. They lost four Republican Supreme Court justices on the Texas Supreme Court. They may even lose the Texas Legislature or one house or even both. Let’s just be clear that that is going to hurt, not just for the next two years. That’s something that can reverberate for the next decade or more,” he also said. “And if the Republican Party doesn’t have Texas as an anchor, then we are not going to be viable nationally going forward.”

It will be a rough go for Senate Republicans in 2028, DeSantis predicted.

“You are not, as Republicans, going to be able to retake the Senate under this current map just two years from now,” he said before saying the House will likely have trouble recovering too.

“And with all the House seats that have been done, probably not viable to take that back as well. So this is really going to have an impact,” DeSantis added.

“Two years, four years, six years, maybe even longer before Republicans could exercise unified control in Washington again like we’ve enjoyed over the last two years.”

DeSantis has not stated whether he will run for President in 2028, but no doubt, he would be a top contender and has been very vocal about the election, including slamming do-nothing Senate Republicans:

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Gov. Ron DeSantis just BLEW UP and went on an America first RAMPAGE on national TV

“I saw NO INDICATION that Republican senators were interested in doing conservative change! WHY haven’t we done immigration, SHUT OFF H1B visas?! WHY haven’t we CODIFIED Trump’s immigration executive orders?! Why haven’t we STRIPPED jurisdiction from the federal courts over deportation cases?! There’s SO MANY THINGS we COULD HAVE DONE.”

“THEY DIDN’T EVEN ATTEMPT IT.”

“They say, ‘oh, if only we needed 50 votes we would’ve done it!’ YOU DON’T HAVE 50 VOTES. You NEVER SHOWED you’d do conservative things, even with 50 votes! [RE: filibuster]…I NEVER saw an indication that they’d do it.”

“This midterm was a rebuke of the president and Congress…BUT, a LOT of our voters stayed home because they were FRUSTRATED with the LACK of productivity from Republicans in the House and Senate.”

A fire was just lit under this man.

Honestly have not seen him get that fired up in a LONG time

We definitely deserved better from our Senate. Now, we need to repair and win in 2028, or Democrats are destroying America!

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 5, 2026

He’s also unapologetically continued to lead on conservative principles after the “blue wave”:

🚨 BREAKING: Islamic organization CAIR confirms it has SUSPENDED all operations in Florida because Gov. Ron DeSantis designated them as a terror organization

WHAT A HUGE WIN ‼️😅

A bright orange sign is now taped to the window of CAIR’s Temple Terrace office near Tampa, which it has run for 20+ years

The sign says the group shut down over the state’s “baseless and unconstitutional enforcement” of Florida’s new “domestic terrorist organization” laws

The lawsuits are failing, CAIR IS DOA in Florida!

DeSantis said he’d treat them like the threat they are, and now they are fleeing.

Good freaking RIDDANCE 👋🏻

And guess what? Our new Governor Byron Donalds is EQUALLY as opposed to Sharia and CAIR as DeSantis is

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 5, 2026

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