Story summary
Florida Primary Results
- Angie Nixon projected winner in Florida Democratic Senate primary
+ NBC News projects that Angie Nixon will win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Florida.
- Jolly thanks supporters after projected win in Florida Democratic gubernatorial primary
+ Charlie Crist is projected to win the Democratic nomination for Governor of Florida.
- Rep. Donalds celebrates projected win in Florida GOP governor primary
+ Rep. Matt Gaetz's ally, Rep. Byron Donalds, is projected to win the Republican nomination for Governor of Florida.
Takeaways from Tuesday Primaries
- Trump endorsement can't lift Mills
+ Embattled and scandal-ridden Republican Rep. Cory Mills lost his reelection bid in Florida Tuesday.
- GOP Rep. Cory Mills loses his Florida primary amid investigations
+ NBC News projects that Ryan Elijah, a former TV news anchor and NFL sideline reporter, will win the Republican nomination for Congress in Florida's 7th District.
Socialist Movement Gains Ground
- Socialists capture major Florida victory on hit-or-miss night for Trump-endorsed primary candidates
+ A socialist, Angie Nixon, is projected to win the Democratic Senate primary in Florida.
- Sunshine State socialist scores shocking Senate upset despite being heavily outspent
+ Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member and Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon scored a massive upset in the state's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.
Other Primary Results
- GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan, Democrat Mary Peltola advance to Alaska Senate race
+ Senator Dan Sullivan is projected to win the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Alaska.
- Wasserman Schultz wins Florida’s 20th District Democratic primary, NBC News projects
+ Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is projected to win the Democratic nomination for Congress in Florida's 20th District.
Investigations and Controversies
- Mills faces a House Ethics Committee investigation; a judge issued a restraining order against him last year after he was accused by his former girlfriend of threatening to distribute sexually explicit videos of her.
- The loss makes him the latest member of a relatively rare set of Republican candidates who lost GOP primaries even with Trump’s blessing.
Written for “Florida Primary Election Results” on 2026-08-31,
grounded in this article and the 19 other(s) covering the same event.
Florida governor's race: Trump-backed Byron Donalds and Democrat David Jolly win primaries
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The Associated Press has called the primary results of Florida’s governor’s race: Byron Donalds has won the Republican nomination and David Jolly the Democratic nomination.
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Donalds, 47, was endorsed by Donald Trump and would become Florida’s first Black governor if elected in November.
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Jolly, 53, is a former Republican who joined the Democratic party last year.
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His win in the state’s primary marks the second time in a row that Florida Democrats have nominated a former Republican – following the party’s nomination of former Republican governor Charlie Crist in the state’s 2022 election.
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Democrats → mark → election
Our live coverage is ending now.
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In the meantime, you can find all of our live US politics coverage here.
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Millions of voters headed to the polls today for primary elections in Florida, Wyoming and Alaska and a special election to fill former representative Eric Swalwell’s seat in California.
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We’re still waiting on results from those western states.
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Byron Donalds won the Republican nomination and David Jolly the Democratic nomination for Florida governor.
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Donalds was endorsed by Donald Trump and will become Florida’s first Black governor if elected in November.
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Jolly is a former Republican who joined the Democratic party last year.
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Progressive Angie Nixon won the Democratic nomination for Florida’s open Senate seat, defeating the heavily favored Alex Vindman, a retired army lieutenant colonel and an impeachment witness against Trump during the president’s first term of office.
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If elected in November, Nixon would be the state’s first Black senator.
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Nixon will compete against Republican Ashley Moody in November for the Senate seat Marco Rubio won in 2022.
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Democratic senator Jon Ossoff called Donald Trump a “draft-dodging, crook president” during a campaign appearance today, continuing a feud with the president that escalated this week.
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Ossoff is currently running for re-election to his Senate seat in Georgia, and his criticism of the president has received viral attention on social media.
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The president of the international criminal court (ICC) has been sanctioned by the United States government for its criminal investigation of Israeli officials for crimes committed during its war on Gaza.
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The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, called the ICC “corrupt and fatally politicized” and announced that the US would sanction Tomoko Akane of Japan, the ICC president, and Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal, an ICC senior trial lawyer.
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Minnesota’s attorney general, Keith Ellison, sued Texas’s governor, Greg Abbott, seeking to compel the extradition of an ICE agent to stand trial for assault and falsely reporting a crime in the wounding of a man during the agency’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
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The Walt Disney Company, ABC and a number of its affiliated stations filed a federal suit against the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday to block the government’s demand for an early broadcast license renewal process that the companies describe as motivated by political hostility and an attack on press freedom.
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In a social media post, Alex Vindman said he would back Angie Nixon, after the democratic socialist pulled an unexpected victory over the former army intelligence officer.
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“Rep Nixon ran a strong campaign.
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I will be standing by her side,” Vindman wrote.
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“Who would’ve ever thought that a Jewish refugee would make it to the U.S. Army, to the White House, and to becoming a candidate for the U.S. Senate,” he added.
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“I still believe in the American Dream, because I’ve lived it.”
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As we await results in Wyoming and – tomorrow morning – Alaska, here’s more on the key results out of Florida’s primary races:
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Byron Donalds, a congressman backed by Donald Trump, won the Republican nomination for governor on Tuesday in the race to succeed Ron DeSantis.
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As my colleague Richard Luscombe reports: “DeSantis did not make an endorsement in the race, but Trump did, backing Donalds and his conservative credentials, with support that could prove decisive in Florida, arguably the heart of Trump’s Make America great again movement, and home to his Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach estate.
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And: “In an upset for the Democratic establishment, progressive Angie Nixon won the party’s US Senate primary in Florida, beating former army intelligence officer Alexander Vindman.”
Polls have closed in Wyoming, where we’re following key Senate and governor’s races.
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We’ll bring you the results as the Associated Press calls the races.
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Florida governor hopefuls Byron Donalds and David Jolly have both addressed supporters following their victories in their respective primaries.
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Republican nominee Donalds encouraged his party to unite ahead of the general election.
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“Tonight we put aside our differences.
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Tonight we are one united Republican party,” he said.
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Meanwhile, Jolly acknowledged his history as a Republican.
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“To my Democratic friends, thank you for welcoming me into the party,” he said.
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Later, he added: “As an old-school Republican, I talk about ending the culture wars not to celebrate some progressive platform, but because I still believe in the old-school Republican, libertarian policy that government should simply stay out of your life.”
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Ryan Elijah has clinched the Republican nomination for Florida’s seventh congressional district, defeating incumbent Cory Mills, who faced an array of scandals despite receiving Donald Trump’s endorsement in February.
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Last year, a Florida judge granted a protective order against Mills at the request of his former girlfriend Lindsey Langston, the reigning Miss United States.
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