# 2022 Florida gubernatorial election — what pundits predicted

Governors · Election Day 2022-11-08 · certified.

## The ballot

- **Ron DeSantis (Republican, incumbent) — won** · 59.4%
- Charlie Crist (Democratic) · 40.0%
- Carmen Gimenez (Independent) · 0.4%
- Hector Roos (Libertarian) · 0.2%

Result: Ron DeSantis by 19.4 points (general); held by the Republican party going in. Source: wikipedia-2022-governor.

## What the field called

- Ron DeSantis: 17 picks (won)

## Every claim about this race (23)

- **Matt Continetti** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 8, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/3c895a63-b14d-4946-9ead-fdf2d6e76521)
- **Doug Schoen** — Ron DeSantis: a big, potentially double digit, majority in FL governorship (2022) (Race Margins, Nov 8, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/386f50c7-6523-4997-8d80-f0d9bae3ac4b)
- **Josh Holmes** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 8, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c85c6685-b060-4344-9707-2616d07845b1)
- **John Ashbrook** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 8, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/015a987a-67f8-4be6-8cb5-a511855ea58c)
- **Chris Stirewalt** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 7, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/dcc2749c-d605-49e1-ae69-09508647bc48)
- **Krystal Ball** — Ron DeSantis: by probably double digit in FL governorship (2022) (Race Margins, Nov 7, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/5023102a-cc3e-4b05-9f5a-91068c820d50)
- **Ben Shapiro** — Ron DeSantis: a margin of +10 points in FL governorship (2022) (Race Margins, Nov 7, 2022) — scored 6 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/359a51b6-5d5b-40c4-8355-dcecbe1159c4)
- **Buck Sexton** — Ron DeSantis: a margin of +10 points in FL governorship (2022) (Race Margins, Nov 5, 2022) — scored 6 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/bb0d179a-2c89-4131-9c8d-e3cb7c3660e4)
- **Jason Johnson** — Ron DeSantis: a margin of +13 points in FL governorship (2022) (Race Margins, Nov 4, 2022) — scored 36 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/b93eea4c-b3ad-4d2d-b9cd-f9b6c17d6a86)
- **Steve Deace** — Ron DeSantis: a margin of +13 points in FL governorship (2022) (Race Margins, Nov 4, 2022) — scored 36 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/847945d5-9a88-44ec-bb48-03654b2a8763)
- **Steve Deace** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 2, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/27e73400-355e-451e-b3e2-c509ecd8f733)
- **Ben Shapiro** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 2, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/628068ab-10e6-481c-a6a8-5e218b12a50c)
- **Rich Baris** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) — “probably a safe race for Republicans” (Race Winners, Nov 1, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/22060eb4-90ce-4455-aca9-4db6fde7387f)
- **Krystal Ball** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 1, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/08931ef1-780f-40cc-aa99-af6306ee684d)
- **Krystal Ball** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 31, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/d17b923c-3cc2-4116-bb1d-4c790690c0ba)
- **David Pakman** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 27, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/075ad361-208b-46ad-9f0e-65b9f536ce08)
- **Ben Shapiro** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 27, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/36e33807-0391-406a-9b7e-ab4d8386b069)
- **Harrison Lavelle** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 26, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/a6ca4bc4-12d7-48f6-80b7-5dc1dbb91913)
- **Mike Murphy** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 26, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/eef2febe-fa85-4afc-b622-802ff93b408f)
- **Buck Sexton** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 25, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/1c0d767a-df54-4e29-8058-996a976bfd3a)
- **David Pakman** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 25, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/0873bd50-1b86-4a9a-b7ac-a96822d25113)
- **Ben Shapiro** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 25, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/d2b9195e-fd00-4dd8-a1ed-40195bf1c681)
- **Robby Soave** — Ron DeSantis wins FL governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 25, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/edc931bc-b657-444f-9ee3-31426534810e)