Oliver Gilbert Wins 7-Way Primary for Florida's 24th District Seat
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 19
Oliver Gilbert Wins 7-Way Primary for Florida's 24th District Seat
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 19
Summary
Miami-Dade County Commissioner Oliver Gilbert won the seven-candidate Democratic primary to succeed retiring Rep. Frederica Wilson in Florida's 24th Congressional District.
Wilson, who has represented the area since 2011 and strongly endorsed Gilbert, is leaving Congress at the end of the year, making him the likely favorite in the safely Democratic seat.
Florida's redrawn congressional map shifted some shoreline areas, including Miami Beach, into a neighboring district, but the 24th remains largely Democratic even as Republicans created four more GOP-leaning seats statewide.
The race stood apart from this year's sharper establishment-versus-left Democratic fights in Florida, where Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz also won and DSA-backed challengers have targeted other incumbents.