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TALLAHASSEE, Fla | In year of Democratic hopes, GOP comes out on top in Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — This was the year Florida’s Democrats spoke ambitiously of ending their 20-year journey in political exile in this battleground state. Instead, election results after a tense and bruising recount showed Republicans coming out on top for governor and even picking up a U.S. Senate seat.

After the recount stretched on for nearly two weeks, top Democratic candidates in the state…