Primary voters take to the polls in Florida and New York
Voters from Florida and New York took to the polls Tuesday to participate in multiple primary elections taking place in their states. In addition to those primary elections, Oklahoma is holding runoff elections.
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Dan Goldman, who received an endorsement from The New York Times, has won the Democratic primary election to represent New York 10th Congressional District.
Twelve candidates competed in the packed Democratic primary, with voters deciding the future of who will represent the district that covers lower Manhattan and a large portion of Brooklyn.
Benine Hamdan is the Republican nominee that is heading to the November general election to fight for the 10th District seat in the Empire State.
Patrick Ryan, Democratic candidate for the New York 19th Congressional district, speaks during the special election candidate forum at the Roscoe Beer Co. in Roscoe, N.Y. on Thursday, August 18, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Pat Ryan has defeated his Republican challenger, Marc Molinaro, in the special election race to represent New York's 19th Congressional District.
Ryan will now fill the seat formerly held by Antonio Delgado, the Democrat who resigned to become New York’s lieutenant governor this summer.
Ryan largely campaigned on abortion protections and will serve as representative for the district until 2023, when Delgado's term concludes.
In addition to his election to the House through Tuesday's special election, Ryan is seeking a full term in the House. He was on the Democratic primary ballot to represent the state's new 18th District, a seat abandoned by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y. He won that primary race by a landslide and will now face off against GOP nominee Colin Schmitt in November.
The race was called by The Associated Press.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responds during a news conference, May 19, 2022, on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised Democrat New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney following the latter's primary loss to Congressman Jerry Nadler in the race for New York's 12th Congressional District.
“During her three decades in the House, Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney has been a deeply respected leader in our Caucus and a champion for integrity. House Democrats are grateful for Chairwoman Maloney’s tenacious leadership. Her longtime public service will be profoundly missed in the Congress and by her constituents and the country," Pelosi wrote in a statement.
"At the helm of the powerful Committee on Oversight and Reform, Chairwoman Maloney has worked to honor our Founder’s vision of checks and balances: leading the Congress’s charge against corruption, corporate greed and abuses of power. Under her leadership, the Committee has taken on special interests — from the gun lobby to Big Pharma to the financial sector and more — to fight for the people’s interest. As former Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, she understood and elevated the priorities of the American people – strengthening the Congress’s work to deliver progress for all Americans. Chairwoman Maloney has been a prolific and effective legislator. Americans will continue to benefit from laws she authored to protect credit card users. New York families salute her fight to secure full health benefits for the heroic first responders on September 11th," she wrote.
“Congratulations to Chairman Jerry Nadler on prevailing in the election. For three decades in the House, Chairman Nadler has been a commanding force for freedom and justice: whether protecting our children from gun violence, fighting for civil rights for all or defending our Democracy. His leadership has been essential to advancing many of our key priorities For The People, whether welcoming immigrants to our country, protecting a woman’s right to choose or passing voting rights legislation. Our Caucus, the Congress and the Country will greatly benefit from his continued leadership," she added.
Following her loss in the Florida Democratic gubernatorial primary election on Tuesday, Nikki Fried vowed to support Charlie Crist in his general election challenge to incumbent GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis in November.
"We have to make Ron DeSantis a one-term governor and now that means rallying behind @CharlieCrist," Fried wrote in a tweet.
Jamaal Bowman speaks at a watch party as he takes an early lead in the Democratic primary for New York's 16th Congressional District in Yonkers. (Reuters/Lucas Jackson/File Photo)
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., has become the latest member of the far-left "Squad" to survive a challenge from a more moderate member of the Democrat Party.
According to the Associated Press, Bowman defeated Westchester County legislator Vedat Gashi in a closely watched primary for New York's newly drawn 16th Congressional District.
Gashi's staunch support for Israel drew a high-profile endorsement from former Democrat Congressman Eliot Engel, who was defeated by Bowman in the old 16th Congressional District's 2020 Democrat primary.
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney speaks during a press conference on the Inflation Reduction Act on Aug. 17, 2022, in Cold Spring, New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Sean Patrick Maloney has defeated his primary challengers to win the Democratic nomination to represent New York's 17th Congressional District in the House.
Maloney, who currently represents the Empire State's 18th Congressional District, will now face off against Michael Lawler, the Republican nominee, in the November general election.
The race was called by The Associated Press.
Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., holds a campaign rally on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on August 20, 2022 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Rep. Jerry Nadler has defeated his primary challengers, including Rep. Carolyn Maloney, to garner the Democratic nomination to represent New York's 12th Congressional District in the House.
Nadler and Maloney, both current leading Democrats in the House, were forced into a competition to represent the Manhattan district after their respective New York City districts were combined in the state's redistricting process following the 2020 census.
Nadler now advances to the general election where he is expected to come out on top against a variety of challengers.
The race was called by The Associated Press.
Conservatives across the state of Florida celebrated on Tuesday night after control of the Sarasota County School Board shifted from liberal to conservative.
Bridget Ziegler, Robyn Marinelli, and Timothy Enos were all endorsed by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and were all victorious Tuesday night in their elections for the Sarasota School board.
Various conservatives in the state celebrated the victories and suggested they represented a shift against Critical Race Theory and other "woke" policies across the country.
To read more from Fox News' Andrew Mark Miller, click here.
Former President Donald Trump jokingly celebrated his "endorsement" wins amid the breaking news results of multiple Democrat primaries taking place across the country on Tuesday night. (Screenshot/TRUTH Social)
Former President Donald Trump jokingly celebrated his "endorsement" wins amid the breaking news results of multiple Democrat primaries taking place in New York on Tuesday night.
"Looks like a fantastic evening of ALL WINS - Great Candidates!!!" Trump wrote in a post on TRUTH Social.
Last week, Trump posted two sarcastic posts on the social media platform announcing his "endorsement" of multiple Democrat candidates in New York.
DCCC Chair Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via Reuters)
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) chair, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., admitted Sunday that his decision to meddle in the Michigan Republican primary, in which the DCCC poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into boosting a pro-Donald Trump candidate, could raise some "difficult moral questions."
Maloney was criticized by Republicans and Democrats alike after the DCCC spent $425,000 on an ad boosting Trump-endorsed John Gibbs, who ended up winning the primary against incumbent Republican Rep. Peter Meijer, who voted to impeach the former president after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Read more from Fox News' Jessica Chasmar here.
Conservatives are set to take control of the liberal school board in Sarasota County, Florida, following the victories of three candidates endorsed by the 1776 Project PAC, a political action committee dedicated to electing candidates opposed to the teaching of critical race theory.
According to the group, all three of its endorsed candidates won their races, giving the school board a 4-1 conservative majority.
Rep. Jerry Nadler (left) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (right).
Polls have closed in New York after voters took part in the Empire State's second major primary elections of the year.
Two longtime representatives, Rep. Carolyn Maloney and Rep. Jerry Nadler, both current leading Democrats in the House, were forced into a competitive race to represent the state's 12th Congressional District after their respective New York City districts were combined in the state's redistricting process following the 2020 census.
In the state's 19th Congressional District, Democrat Pat Ryan and GOP candidate Marc Molinaro are facing off in a special primary election. Ryan has campaigned on abortion, vowing to protect access to abortion if elected, whereas his opponent Molinaro has made inflation and crime his top priorities.
Both Ryan and Molinaro, in addition to the special election, also seeking full terms in Congress and will
DCCC chair Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney and state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi are facing off for the Democratic nomination to represent New York's 17th Congressional District.
Dan Webster defeated his primary challengers, including outspoken activist Laura Loomer, on Tuesday to win the Republican nomination to represent Florida's 11th Congressional District.
Webster now advances to the November general election where he will face off against two challengers, including Democratic nominee Shante Munns.
The race was called by The Associated Press.
Cory Mills, U.S. Republican Representative candidate for Florida, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Cory Mills has defeated his primary challengers, including state Rep. Anthony Sabatini, to win the Republican nomination to represent Florida's 7th Congressional District in the House.
Mills now advances to the November general election where he will be faced by a challenge from the Democratic nominee, who is yet to be determined.
The race was called by The Associated Press.
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS)
Trump-backed candidate Rep. Markwayne Mullin has won the Republican primary for the open Senate seat in Oklahoma.
Mullin now advances to the general election in November for a final showdown against his Democratic opponent, Kendra Horn.
The Senate seat became vacant after longtime GOP Sen. Jim Inhofe announced his retirement earlier this year.
The race was called by The Associated Press.
(Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP, File)
Incumbent GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has won the Republican nomination to continue representing Florida's 1st Congressional District in the House.
Gaetz now advances to the November general election where he will face off against Democratic challenger, Rebecca Jones.
The race was called by The Associated Press.
Anna Paulina Luna speaks to the crowd during the SAVE AMERICA TOUR at The Bowl at Sugar Hill on Jan. 3, 2021 in Sugar Hill, Georgia. (David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire)
Anna Paulina Luna has won the Republican nomination to represent Florida's 13th Congressional District in the House.
Luna now advances to the November general election where she will face a challenge from Democratic nominee Eric Lynn and three other challengers.
The race was called by The Associated Press.
Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., questions Attorney General Merrick Garland during a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing of the Department of Justice on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. October 21, 2021. (Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS)
Val Demings has defeated her primary challengers to win the Democratic nomination for Senate in Florida.
Demings, who currently represents Florida's 10th Congressional District, now advances to the November general election where she will face off against incumbent GOP Sen. Marco Rubio.
The race was called by The Associated Press.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., speaks during a campaign event at the Pembroke Pines Jewish Center on August 17, 2022 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Charlie Crist has won the Democratic nomination for governor of Florida, defeating his primary challenger Nikki Fried.
Crist, who currently represents the Sunshine State's 13th Congressional District, now advances to the November general election where he will face off against incumbent GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Earlier this month, Crist claimed DeSantis is the "most arrogant" governor he had ever seen and called him a "wannabe dictator."
"He’s the most arrogant governor I’ve ever seen in my life. It is shocking, it really is. Enough is enough," Crist said, according to The Guardian. "He’s a barbaric, wannabe dictator."
The race was called by The Associated Press.
The polls in Oklahoma have come to close after voters cast their ballots in the state's run-off elections.
Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe announced his retirement earlier this year, making way for a special election.
Trump-endorsed candidate Rep. Markwayne Mullin is taking on T.W. Shannon in the GOP run-off for the open Oklahoma Senate seat. The winner of the primary race will move on to the special general election in November to face off against Democrat Kendra Horn.
Democrats Jason Bollinger and Madison Horn are also competing in a runoff election as they seek the Democratic nomination for Senate. The winner of that race will advance to the November general election where they will attempt to unseat incumbent GOP Sen. James Lankford.
Oklahoma’s 2nd Congressional District is also seeing a run-off election where Avery Frix and Josh Brecheen are battling for the seat after advancing through the primary in June. The seat is currently held by Rep. Mullin who did not run for re-election and instead launched a bid for the Senate.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida's 15-week abortion ban into law at Nacion de Fe church in Kissimmee. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
With 26.5% of Florida's total population consisting of Latino voters, according to the 2020 Census, candidates in the Sunshine State have historically depended on the Hispanic vote to push them ahead in both primary and general elections. Democratic and Republican strategists alike say Tuesday's election will come down to the state of the economy and crime.
However, the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade in June could affect Latino voters as they confront the issue of abortion, with a growing number of Hispanics moving away from the left.
"When we talk about Hispanic voters, it’s important to emphasize that there isn’t a single ‘Hispanic community,’ but rather many diverse communities across the country," Giancarlo Sopo, founder of Visto Media and head of Hispanic advertising for former President Trump’s 2020 campaign, told Fox News Digital. "There has clearly been a shift both nationally and in key regions."
The recent Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization landmark decision that eliminated the federal right to abortion and handed down the power of legalizing the procedure to the states has become a hot-button topic in recent months, especially within lower socioeconomic communities.
"We know that Latino voters in Florida, just like voters across the country, support access to safe, legal abortion and want to be able to control their own health care decisions without political interference," Alexandra Mandado, CEO and president of Florida Planned Parenthood PAC, told Fox News Digital in an emailed statement. "Unfortunately, Latino communities face disproportionate barriers to care due to centuries of systemic discrimination, barriers that are only likely to get worse with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, including Florida’s abortion ban."
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Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., is running for U.S. Senate. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)
Democratic candidate Rep. Val Demings is leading GOP Sen. Marco Rubio in Florida's tight U.S. Senate race, while Nikki Fried tops opponents as most likely candidate to challenge Gov. Ron DeSantis in the November midterms, according to a new poll.
The University of North Florida released the results of a survey Tuesday that revealed Florida voters' choices for the state's gubernatorial and Senate primary races, while also looking ahead to November.
Demings, the former chief of police in Orlando and current congresswoman, was ahead in the Aug. 23 Democratic Senate primary with 80% support. Candidates Candace Daniel and Robert Willis lagged with less than 5% of the vote.
Read more from Fox News' Aubrie Spady here.
Left: Florida Democratic Rep. Charlie Crist. Right: Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried (Joe Raedle, Octavio Jones via Getty Images)
Polls in Florida have started closing, marking an end to several contentious primary elections across the Sunshine State.
In the Florida Democratic Senate primary, current Rep. Val Demings is the likely candidate to win the race and face GOP Sen. Marco Rubio this fall in the general election. Demings, former Orlando Police Chief and current representative of Florida’s 10th Congressional District, is facing three other candidates who are also hoping for the chance to oust Rubio.
Rep. Charlie Crist and Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried are competing for the Democratic nomination for the Governor’s seat. The winner in Tuesday's election will advance to the November election to take on GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis. Prior to the election, polls showed Crist, who served as the 44th governor of Florida, with a lead in the Democratic primary race.
The Oklahoma Republican runoff for Senate Tuesday is between two candidates who both pitch themselves as the America First candidate, and both accuse each other of being too political — though one has been in state government for much of his career, and the other has been in Congress for a decade.
Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., secured former President Trump's endorsement just ahead of the Oklahoma primary in June, where he gained 43% of the vote, short of the 50% majority he needed to lock up the nomination in the deep-red state where the Republican nominee is expected to triumph in the November midterm elections . The runner-up in the primary, former state House speaker T.W. Shannon, sees his momentum growing as he crisscrosses the state, visiting towns where he says no politician has stopped before.
Though polls have shown Mullin with double a double-digit lead in the race, Shannon believes it will come down to turnout, and that voters will recognize what he sees as the heart of the race: Does Oklahoma want to vote someone into the Senate whose been in the Washington, D.C. "swamp" for a decade already?
"The problem with being in the swamp for 10 years — after you've been there for a long time, it doesn't stink to you," Shannon told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview. "We've got a country to save, and in order to save people we've got to send people who are willing to fight not just for the sake of fighting, but who will stand up and be a disruptor, and will remind this country of what made it great to start with — capitalism, Christianity and the Constitution."
To read more from Fox News' Thomas Phippen, click here.
Florida's primary elections are taking place, but by listening to Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., one might think it was already general election season.
Demings is running for Senate, facing off against former Florida House member Brian Rush, former immigration lawyer and Justice Department Special Counsel William Sanchez, and Ricardo De La Fuente in the Democratic race, but her sights are firmly set on incumbent Republican Sen. Marco Rubio.
"My opponent believes in abortion bans with no exceptions, even in the case of rape, incest and sexual abuse. That’s why Marco Rubio needs to go," Demings tweeted the night before the primary. "It’s time."
Throughout her campaign, Demings has looked ahead to November and a matchup with Rubio, who will automatically be running in the general election because the GOP primary was canceled.
To read more from Fox News' Ronn Blitzer, click here.
John Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz
Pennsylvania has already held the state's primary elections, where Democrat Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman and Trump-backed GOP nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz advanced to the midterms to battle it out for the open Senate seat.
KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania offered to host the first debate between the two dueling candidates, but only Dr. Oz has so far agreed to it.
In the heated Senate race, Oz has accused Fetterman of dodging debates following his stroke in May, but Fetterman has said he that will debate, but only on his terms.
Democrat Pat Ryan and Republican Marc Molinaro will go head-to-head Tuesday in a special election to represent New York's 19th Congressional District. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
A New York special election on Tuesday will put the Democratic Party's abortion campaign playbook to the test as they seek to counter Republican messaging on the economy and inflation to hold a Democratic seat with the November election just 11 weeks away.
The matchup in the Empire State's 19th Congressional District, which covers New York's Catskills and mid-Hudson Valley regions, features Ulster County Executive Patrick Ryan, a Democrat who has campaigned on a promise to protect abortion access, and Republican Marc Molinaro, the Dutchess County executive who has focused on inflation, gas prices and crime.
Both Ryan and Molinaro are seeking to fill the seat formerly held by Antonio Delgado, the Democrat who resigned to become New York’s lieutenant governor this summer. The remainder of Delgado's term is up in 2023.
In the final week of campaigning to represent the 19th District, which then presidential candidate Joe Biden carried by less than 2 points in the 2020 election, Ryan, an Army veteran, said during a campaign rally in Woodstock that he hopes to "send another message as the national spotlight starts to shift" to Democrats.
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John Wood, committee investigative staff counsel, speaks during a hearing of the House Select Committee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol on June 16, 2022. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
John Wood has announced he will no longer seek to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate.
In a statement released Tuesday from his campaign, Wood said, “I made the decision to run for the United States Senate when Eric Greitens was the favorite for the Republican nomination. That would have been unacceptable, embarrassing, and dangerous for my party, my state, and my Country."
“Circumstances have changed. While I think I could have beaten Eric Greitens, Missouri no longer faces the risk of Greitens as our next U.S. Senator. While I have significant differences of opinion with both the Republican and Democratic nominees, it has become evident there is not a realistic path to victory for me as an independent candidate," he added. “Today, I am announcing that I am withdrawing my candidacy for the United States Senate."
Wood was running as an independent in the race and told Fox News Digital in July that he would caucus with Republicans if elected.
Democratic candidate for Congress in New York's 12th Congressional District Suraj Patel. (Suraj Patel 2022)
Suraj Patel, a Democratic candidate vying for the U.S. House seat representing New York's 12th Congressional District, says "generational change" is on the ballot in the party's heated Tuesday primary that pits him against two career members of Congress.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Patel described his opponents, Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y. and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., as "more of the same" and the "status quo," arguing that their "ineffectiveness" throughout decades of serving as elected officials was proof that he was the only candidate in the race with actual plans to address the biggest issues facing Americans.
"Look, generational change is on the ballot. Two candidates in this race, Maloney and Nadler, are offering more of the same, status quo," Patel, a 38-year-old attorney, said when asked about his chances of pulling off a surprise victory on Tuesday.
To read more from Fox News' Brandon Gillespie, click here.
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., left, and NY State Senator Alessandra Biaggi, right. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call, Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
A number of high-profile showdowns between Democrats are taking place on Tuesday as voters head to the polls for primary elections in Florida and New York.
In Florida, Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried is facing off against current Congressman Charlie Crist in the Democrat gubernatorial primary to determine who will take on incumbent Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in the November general election.
Most polls indicate Crist, a Republican turned Democrat who once served as Florida's governor while still a member of the GOP, is leading Fried in a heated race that has seen sharp attacks from both sides.
In New York, long-time Democrat members of Congress Jerry Nadler and Carolyn Maloney are being forced to compete for a single seat in New York's newly drawn 12th Congressional District after their respective New York City districts were combined in the state's redistricting process following the 2020 census.
Both have served in Congress since the early 1990s and are facing a challenge from a third Democrat, 38-year-old lawyer Suraj Patel, who is calling for "generational change" and a new approach to representing the district rather than the "status-quo."
Polls show Nadler leading the race, with Maloney in second and Patel in third, although each consistently receives support from a sizable chunk of the respondents.
Also in New York, incumbent Democrat Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney is facing a challenge from the left in state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi in the state's 17th Congressional District.
Biaggi, a proponent of the "Defund the Police" movement, has received endorsements from "Squad" member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and former far-left 2018 Democrat gubernatorial candidate, Cynthia Nixon.
Recent polls have indicated Maloney, who currently represents the 18th Congressional District and is considered a moderate Democrat, is leading Biaggi by double digits; however, the latter is appearing to hope for a similar upset as that of Ocasio-Cortez over then-Democrat Congressman Joe Crowley in 2018.
To read more from Fox News' Brandon Gillespie, click here.
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