Florida this weekend finished recounting its ballots, and Republicans emerged victorious in two big races with national implications. Incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson conceded Sunday in his race against Republican Gov. Rick Scott, who won by a little more than 10,000 votes out of about 8 million cast. “We must do what Americans have always done: come together for the good of our state and our country,” Scott said in a statement after the results became official.

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams acknowledged Friday that Republican Brian Kemp would become the state’s next governor, but she also did not concede she lost the race. A review of rejected provisional ballots was due at 5 p.m. Friday, and Abrams spoke at a news conference shortly after, saying she planned to file a major federal lawsuit in the coming days for “gross mismanagement” of the election. “Concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true or proper. As a woman of conscience and faith I cannot concede that,” she said.

Florida’s secretary of state has ordered a manual recount of ballots in the state’s U.S. Senate election, but the governor’s race appears to have been decided in unofficial results. Republican Ron DeSantis holds a lead of .41 percentage points over Democrat Andrew Gillum and is the governor-elect for all practical purposes, but the election won’t be certified until Tuesday. In the Senate race, Republican Rick Scott, the outgoing governor of Florida, still has a razor-thin lead of .15 points—just 12,562 votes—over incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson.

The first round of recount results are due Thursday in Florida, but the final outcome of the elections in the state for U.S. Senate and governor might still be days away. All counties had to do a machine recount of ballots in those races—and that of the commissioner of agriculture—because the margin between candidates was less than .5 percentage points. If the margin is lower than .25 points after the machine recount, then counties must tally ballots by hand.

Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has won the highly contested battle to replace outgoing Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona. Her GOP opponent, Martha McSally, conceded the race between the two U.S. representatives late Monday after Sinema pulled ahead by more than 30,000 votes. Sinema’s victory gives Democrats 47 votes in the Senate and flips a key seat to their side. Republicans could end up with at least 52 seats in the upper chamber if Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s narrow lead over incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson holds up during a recount in the Sunshine State.

For a few hours on the morning of Nov. 7, things seemed remarkably and almost unbelievably tranquil. 

“Today,” said Nancy Pelosi, “you have to like being a Democrat.” “Everyone,” said Republican Karl Rove, “gets a ribbon. Everyone leaves with something to brag about.” 

Or call it “politics as usual”—but defining “as usual” the way we did 30, 40, or maybe 50 years ago. Back then, we’d just forget the agonies and miseries of the midterm campaign and get on with the nation’s agenda.

Lawsuits and accusations of vote tampering are firing up an already heated recount battle in the Florida races for governor and U.S. Senate, with Republicans in the lead in unofficial results. The Florida secretary of state on Saturday ordered recounts in both of those elections and that of the state commissioner of agriculture. The current margin between Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson in the Senate race is just .14 percentage points. A gap of .41 points separates Republican gubernatorial hopeful U.S. Rep.