'Had Gillum won, this may have presented the first clash of his administration – even before he was sworn in.'

'It really raises the question ... why she’s being excessively compensated for doing a poor job.'

'It just leaves additional salt in the wound.'

'In the 16 years that I have served Florida in the Legislature, I can tell you that nothing ever has played out as predicted.'

About time.

This was the year Florida's Democrats spoke ambitiously of ending their 20-year journey in political exile in this battleground state.

'We are concerned with the ramifications of failing to complete this task, but we don’t want to disenfranchise 714,859 voters at the expense of 2,000 voters.'

Does he think nobody had video cameras in 2006 or something?

'As far as we’re concerned, he is the senator-elect.'

'We need to put this election behind us, and it is time for Bill Nelson to respect the will of the voters.'