Florida Hometown Democracy President Lesley Blackner conceded the defeat of growth-management measure Amendment 4 Tuesday night. In a statement, she said:

Hernando County Sheriff Rich Nugent, the Republican candidate, is headed to Congress to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite. With more than 275,000 votes counted, Nugent had more than 67 percent -- crushing Jim Piccillo, the Democrat in the race. Nugent keeps the seat for the Republicans.

More Sunshine State Republicans in Congress cruised to re-election on Tuesday. U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan took 69 percent while Democrat James Golden took 31 percent with almost 228,000 votes counted. With almost 199,000 votes counted, U.S. Rep. Bill Posey won re-election with more than 64 percent of the vote, beating Democrat Shannon Roberts. U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney took more than 69 percent of the vote -- blowing out Democrat Jim Horn with more than 152,000 votes counted.

While two-thirds or more of the vote has been counted in many other areas of Florida, the South Florida counties of Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade are far, far behind. That means the closely watched West-Klein (CD 22) and Rivera-Garcia (CD 25) congressional races will remain up in the air. So will tight statewide races, notably the governor's contest. So although Rick Scott currently holds a 5 percentage point lead over Alex Sink, stay tuned for those late returns from heavily Democratic precincts down South.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is headed back to Washington -- where she has been since 1992.Republican businessman Mike Yost offered a plucky challenge to the incumbent, but with more than 121,000 votes counted, Brown took 61 percent while Yost took 36 percent. The remaining 3 percent went to Terry Martin-Black who ran with no party affiliation.

Sen. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami Gardens, will be hanging her many colorful hats in Washington. Wilson will replace U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek after blowing out Roderick Vereen, who was running with no party affiliation. With more than 40,000 votes counted, Wilson had more than 84 percent.

More congressional Republican incumbents cruising to victory in Florida. With almost 50,000 votes counted, U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller won 80 percent of the vote in his district in the Panhandle -- defeating two candidates running with no party affiliation. Joe Cantrell took 11 percent while John Krause took 9 percent. With more than 170,000 votes counted, U.S. Rep. John Mica held off a spirited challenge from Democratic challenger Navy vet Heather Beaven. Mica took 68 percent compared to Beavens 32 percent.

Rep. Sandy Adams of Oviedo, the Republican challenger, defeated Democratic U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas. With 45 percent of the vote in, Adams took 60 percent of the vote while Kosmas, who was elected to Congress in 2008, took 40 percent. Big pickup for the Republicans in the Sunshine State.

Big win for U.S. Rep. Bill Young, the dean of congressional Republicans. Democrats thought they had a chance of knocking him off with a strong candidate in Sen. Charlie Justice of St. Petersburg. Guess again. With 84 percent of the vote in, Young, who has been in Congress since the presidency of Richard Nixon, had 66 percent with Justice taking 34 percent.

U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns won another term in Congress. While Stearns did not have a Democratic opponent, he did face a challenge from Steve Schonberg who was running with no party affiliation. With almost 156,000 votes counted, Stearns had more than 74 percent of the vote.

Official or not, Fox News pundit Bill O'Reilly predicts that U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson will lose tonight. "This guy is a bad, bad guy," O'Reilly said. "Maybe he'll get a job with Arianna Huffington." Former state Sen. Daniel Webster was leading the first-term congressman by 20 percentage points with 30 percent of the vote counted.

Republican U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw is headed back to Washington. While the veteran legislator did not face a Democratic opponent, he did face a spirited challenge from conservative businessman and Navy vet Troy Stanley, a tea party favorite, who ran with no party affiliation. With more than 116,000 votes counted, Crenshaw had more than 78 percent while Stanley took more than 21.5 percent.

That was quick! At 8 p.m., just as the polls closed on the Panhandle, there was a winner declared in Florida. Former House Speaker Marco Rubio was declaredwinner of the U.S. Senate race -- defeating Gov. Charlie Crist, who was running with no party affiliation, and Democratic nominee U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek. With 35 percent of the vote in, Rubio took 50 percent while Crist took 29 percent and Meek lagged in third with 20 percent.

Republican U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, who has his eye on running for the U.S. Senate in 2012, won another term in Congress. Mack had two opponents -- whom he defeated handily: Democrat James Roach and real estate developer William Maverick St. Claire, who ran with no party affiliation. With 23 percent of the vote in, Mack took 69 percent while Roach placed second with 27 percent. If Republicans pick up the House, Mack will be chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.