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Election observers expect Sinema's lead to grow over Republican competitor Martha McSally as the count continues.

State law requires an automatic machine recount if a vote margin is less than 0.50 percent in a statewide race.

Florida is once again at the center of an election storm as candidates file lawsuits and allege voter fraud while their races head for likely recounts.

Florida Governor Rick Scott accused "unethical liberals" of trying to steal the Senate and governor races.

Elections lawyer Marc Elias, who's been retained by Bill Nelson's campaign, said he was confident a recount would prove victorious for the Democratic senator.

The margin of less than half a percentage point, a difference of just 34,537 votes of the more than 8 million cast, means that a recount is required by Florida law.

The Democrats' slight leads come as President Donald Trump and independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont make trips to the Sunshine State to stump for their candidates.

Trump kicks his campaign for Republicans up a notch in the final days before Americans head to the polls on November 6.

In Florida, it's Trump vs. "the swamp," and the outcome could determine the future of the Republican Party.

Residents are battling illness, plummeting tourist numbers and piles and piles of dead fish.

"Either Bill Nelson knows of crucial information the federal government is withholding from Florida election officials, or he is simply making things up," Florida Governor Rick Scott said Friday.

"Everyone knows my husband Ron DeSantis is endorsed by President Trump," said the candidate's wife, Casey DeSantis, at the start of the advertisement.

That tragedy marked the 123rd child under the age of 11 killed or wounded in gunfire since January 1. It was also the second fatal shooting of a child shooting of that day.

"Nobody has mentioned at all anything Kushner is doing," a technology consultant in Puerto Rico said.

President Trump wants to drill for oil on the coast of the U.S. but is exempting Florida, potentially for nefarious reasons.

"I don't think anybody alive today in this state has ever seen anything like this," Florida Governor Rick Scott said.

Florida Governor Rick Scott said some flood control systems have not been adequately repaired since the last hurricane hit Florida in 2016, increasing the danger that the same towns could be under-prepared.

Supporters of the measure could appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Swing state's tough procedures to restore former inmates' voting rights seen as a boon to Republicans.

Advocacy groups argued that more than 100,000 voters could be disenfranchised in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.

The cases are believed to be locally-transmitted and affect an area of Miami.

Mississippi and Michigan still have laws that punish unmarried couples for cohabiting.

Governor Rick Scott signs law that also imposes abortion restrictions being tested before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Florida is among the states most susceptible to sea-level rise.

Charlie Crist brings a portable fan with him wherever he goes, and that's something Rick Scott wasn't a fan of on Wednesday.