Florida Calls 4 Top Primaries With Over 95% Counted as Donalds, Jolly, Moody and Nixon Advance
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 18
Florida Calls 4 Top Primaries With Over 95% Counted as Donalds, Jolly, Moody and Nixon Advance
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 18
Summary
With more than 95% of votes counted, AP called Florida’s top primaries for Byron Donalds in the GOP governor’s race, David Jolly in the Democratic governor’s race, Ashley Moody in the Republican Senate special primary and Angie Nixon in the Democratic contest.
Donalds won 47.8% of the Republican governor vote to Jay Collins’s 25.2%, while Jolly took 61.0% of the Democratic primary, locking in the expected November matchup for governor.
Moody dominated the Republican Senate primary with 79.6%, but Nixon’s 56.1% win over Alex Vindman was the night’s bigger upset after Vindman had heavily outspent her.
Down-ballot, Ryan Elijah ousted Representative Cory Mills in the 7th District GOP primary, Jim Schwartzel won the open 19th District Republican race, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz held off challengers in the 20th District Democratic primary.
The results set Florida’s general-election field with a Donalds-Jolly governor race and a Moody-Nixon Senate contest that highlights Democrats’ ideological split between a former Republican centrist and a progressive state lawmaker.