2026-08-18
Florida voters head to the polls Tuesday in primaries expected to nominate moderate Democrats Alex Vindman and David Jolly for U.S. Senate and governor, respectively, while Republicans appear on track to nominate U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds for governor. Political analysts told The Guardian that progressive candidates who prevailed in primaries this summer in New York, Michigan and Minnesota have no traction in Florida, where roughly 40 percent of voters identify as moderate and 40 percent as conservative.
2026-08-17
Florida voters head to the polls Tuesday to choose nominees to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and to fill the remainder of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's unexpired U.S. Senate term. The state will also hold its first congressional primaries since adopting a redrawn district map that, according to the Associated Press, was designed to boost Republican candidates in November.
2026-08-14
Oliver Larkin, a 34-year-old Democratic Socialists of America candidate, faces two-term Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who calls himself a 'DeSantis Democrat,' in Tuesday's Democratic primary in Florida's newly drawn 25th Congressional District. The Aug. 18 outcome will test whether the DSA's recent primary-wave wins can travel to a competitive coastal district where independents are expected to decide the race.