WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida voters on Tuesday rejected ballot measures protecting abortion rights and legalizing marijuana, handing the victories to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who used state resources and worked hard to combat the problems .

The abortion measure would have prevented lawmakers from passing a law that penalized, banned, delayed or restricted abortion before then Fetal viabilitywhich according to doctors is sometime after 21 weeks. The state is restrictive Six-week abortion law still stands. Florida is one of the first states to reject abortion rights in a vote since Roe v. Wade was tipped.

The Marijuana measure would have allowed people 21 and older to possess about 3 ounces of marijuana and would have allowed businesses that already grow and sell medical marijuana to sell it to them. That vote came at a time when federal officials were seeking reclassification marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

The Ballot measures The approval of at least 60% of voters was required. In other states, abortion rights increased voter turnout and was a key issue that allowed Democrats to retain several Senate seats in 2022.

DeSantis and other heads of state fought against the measures for months. Democrats campaigned hard on both issues, hoping to attract party supporters to the polls. Republicans have a one million lead over Democrats in voter registration.

Among DeSantis' arguments against the marijuana initiative is that it would have hurt the state's tourism because of the smell of weed in the air. But so did other Republican leaders, including Florida residents Donald Trump and the state's former GOP chairman, Sen. Joe Gruters, supported legalizing recreational marijuana.

Trump went back and forth on how he would vote on the state's abortion rights initiative before ultimately saying he would oppose it.