U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds is banking on President Trump's endorsement in hopes of securing the Republican nomination and advance to the fall election. His opponents include Lt. Gov. Jay Collins and political newcomer James Fishback.
Democrats' leading candidate for governor is David Jolly, a former Republican congressman who switched parties last year.
Two Democrats are battling for nomination in a U.S. Senate special election to complete Marco Rubio’s term after he became Trump's secretary of state last year.
However, Republican Sen. Ashley Moody,, the DeSantis appointee currently holding the seat, appears in a strong position as she seeks the nomination with Trump's endorsement for the term's final two years.
For Congress, one of Tuesday's biggest nominating fight involves longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and others in a redrawn south Florida district.
Wasserman Schultz, who is white, wants voters in the new, plurality black district to grant her a 12th term. Cherfilus-McCormick is seeking a comeback after resigning earlier this year under a pending federal indictment and threat of House ethics sanctions.
Other races will also put fault lines on display. In South Florida, U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz is running for reelection in a new Republican-friendly district against union organizer and democratic socialist Oliver Larkin. Larkin has put his radical DSA positions on display. They include attacks on ICE which he wants to abolish. He has also accused Israel of genocide.
Republican Rep. Cory Mills faces primary challenges
DeSantis and other Republicans have bailed on Republican Rep. Cory Mills as he seeks a third term in Florida's 7th Congressional District at the same time he's denying domestic violence allegations. He faces three primary opponents.
“I have not endorsed Cory Mills, and I do not support Cory Mills,” DeSantis said recently in Mills' district.
