Scott is considered a longshot, with Minority Whip John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, and Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, viewed as front-runners in the race to replace McConnell, the longest-serving party leader in Senate history.

Hundreds of Senator Rick Scott’s supporters joined him at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort in Bonita Springs on Election Night to celebrate his win for a second term in that office. It continues a long career for the senator serving Florida,