According to most precincts, Fine received about 60 percent of the vote, compared to Ahrens with about 40 percent.

Fine claimed victory on social media immediately after polls closed Tuesday.

“Thank you very much to the people of Brevard for my resounding election to the Florida Senate,” Fine wrote. “This victory is not just a referendum on how I fight for you, but a contract between us to fight even harder moving forward. I woke up on the left, get ready you. I’m just getting started.”

Ahrens said she is not done fighting for “equality and the people of Brevard.”

“My opponent outspent me 100 times more than I did, thanks to out-of-state money. But I’m not done. I’ll still be active in the community,” she said. declared. “People from ages 7 to 70 said they were so inspired by what I did, and from that perspective, I knew before the night even started that I had won.”