Barack Obama's election as the 44th president Tuesday broke political and racial barriers in the Sunshine State.
Obama was the first Democrat to win a statewide race in a dozen years, when former President Clinton won Florida.
He's the first northern Democrat to win Florida since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Obama also became the only black candidate to win a statewide race in Florida, outside of Reconstruction.
His election marks a change in politics, but in society as well.
"A lot of boys will pull their pants up," said state Sen. Tony Hill, a Democrat from Jacksonville. "They have a role model now. No longer will black males have any excuse. . . . Tuesday night Sen. Obama took all the excuses off the table."
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