Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Adrian Wyllie finished far behind Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. Charlie Crist in Floridas general election but he insisted his team did something extraordinary in the campaign.

By noon on Wednesday, the state Division of Elections noted Wyllie pulled in 222,660 votes, just less than 4 percent of the total votes cast. Some polls in October showed Wyllie polling in the high single digits but he was pleased with his showing.

On Wednesday, incoming Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, named Sen. Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, as Senate majority leader.

With Republicans taking over the U.S. Senate in Tuesdays elections, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a potential presidential hopeful for the GOP in 2016, called for backing a reform agenda he was pushing.

Will Abberger, campaign manager for Florida's Water and Land Legacy, released a statement Tuesday night thanking voters for their resounding approval of Amendment 1.

The amendment that will provide a third of the state's doc stamp revenues to buy conservation land for the next 20 years needed 60 percent of the vote but received 74.72 percent, or 4,218,651 votes.