Four states voted Tuesday — Florida, Alaska and Wyoming held primaries while California completed a special House election — and the night's headline came from Florida, where Democratic state Representative Angie Nixon upset Alex Vindman in the Senate primary, and from Wyoming, where President Trump's endorsed gubernatorial candidate lost. Florida's Senate matchup is now set, its governor's race moves to a Byron Donalds-David Jolly general election, and Alaska's four-way Senate primary confirmed a Mary Peltola-Dan Sullivan rematch that will be decided by ranked-choice voting in November.

Florida: Nixon Upsets Vindman, Donalds and Jolly Advance to November

Republican Ashley Moody won her primary for the Florida Senate race with 1,318,867 votes, 79.56 percent, against minor opposition. The more consequential result came on the Democratic side, where state Representative Angie Nixon defeated Alex Vindman, a retired Army officer, 703,126 votes to 552,423 — a 56-44 split with 89 percent of precincts reporting. Nixon's win sets up a general election in a state Cook Political Report, Sabato's Crystal Ball and Inside Elections all rate Likely R.

In the governor's race, Democrat David Jolly cleared his primary decisively, taking 760,073 votes for 60.97 percent against six opponents with 96.3 percent reporting. Republican Byron Donalds won a more competitive primary, finishing at 47.80 percent with 810,504 votes against Jay Susan Jay Collins's 25.15 percent and five other candidates, with 92.2 percent of precincts in. Donalds and Jolly now head to a November contest that recent polling — a Hart Research Associates survey fielded through August 13 — showed within a single point, 46-45.

Florida's House primaries produced several notable outcomes. In the open 2nd District, Austin Mike Rogers, a former staffer for Senator Rick Scott, won a crowded Republican field with 30.46 percent of the vote, edging out Keith Gross despite Gross's $12.3 million in fundraising. In the 11th District, businessman Joe Strada defeated Carey Baker — the candidate endorsed by Representative Daniel Webster — 33.50 percent to 33.04 percent, a margin of roughly 400 votes. In the open 24th District, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Oliver Gilbert led a seven-candidate Democratic field with 34.36 percent but did not clear a majority; results show no winner declared in that race. The 22nd District, rated a toss-up in the data, saw Republican Casey Askar win his primary with 30.86 percent, while Democrat Pia Dandiya took 68.57 percent on her side — that contest, along with Lean R-rated races in the 25th District (Democratic incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz advancing against Republican Brent Andersen) and 27th District (Republican incumbent María Elvira Salazar winning renomination with 81.32 percent), will shape Florida's House delegation in November.

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Wyoming: Trump-Backed Candidate Loses Governor's Primary, Hageman Advances to Senate Race

Wyoming's most consequential result came in the governor's primary, where state Senator Eric Barlow defeated Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder, 58,820 votes to 38,739, a 45-30 margin with 99 percent of precincts reporting. Degenfelder had President Trump's endorsement; Brent Bien finished third with 23.62 percent in the five-candidate field. Kenneth Casner is listed as the winner on the Democratic side, though the data shows zero votes recorded and 0 percent of precincts reporting for that race.

In the Wyoming Senate race, Representative Harriet Hageman won her Republican primary with 83,794 votes, 64.08 percent, against Sam Mead's 27.43 percent, setting up a general election against Democrat John James Byrd, who won his primary with 79.34 percent. The seat is rated Solid R by Cook, Safe R by Sabato's Crystal Ball and Solid R by Inside Elections. In the state's at-large House primary, Secretary of State Chuck Gray won the Republican nomination with 25.42 percent in a crowded field that included Stephen Friess at 20.40 percent and Kevin Christensen at 17.61 percent; Democrat Lisa Kinney won her primary with 77.86 percent.

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Alaska: Peltola-Sullivan Senate Rematch Confirmed, Begich Advances in House Primary

Alaska's open primary system, which advances the top four finishers regardless of party to a ranked-choice general election, produced a Senate race field led by Democrat Mary Peltola at 45.94 percent and Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan at 45.04 percent, with 0 percent of precincts reporting in the data provided. No winner has been determined in this contest under Alaska's system, and the race is rated Solid R by Inside Elections and Cook and Safe R by Sabato's Crystal Ball — ratings that sit in tension with recent polling. An Alaska Survey Research poll fielded through August 5 showed Peltola leading Sullivan 51-49 among 1,371 respondents, while a Data for Progress poll conducted for Democrats found the same order at 53-47.

In the at-large House primary, Republican incumbent Nick Begich III led with 47.83 percent, followed by independent Bill Hill at 29.51 percent; Democrat Matt Schultz trailed at 8.05 percent. As in the Senate race, no winner is indicated in the data, and Begich and Hill both advance under Alaska's format to a ranked-choice general election. The seat carries a Safe R rating with a 2024 margin of 10 points.

Results are also in from: California, where the 14th District special election remains unresolved between two Democrats — Aisha Wahab led Melissa Hernandez 51.04 percent to 48.96 percent with 62 percent of precincts reporting, a margin of roughly 1,300 votes that has not yet been called.

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