The primary curtain is closing tonight across Florida, Wyoming, and Alaska, with several high-profile contests settling who will carry the GOP banner into the general election as the calendar ticks toward November.
The midterm primary season winds down with decisive races in Florida, Wyoming, and Alaska all on tap tonight, and the political calendar now reads 77 days until Election Day. Republicans are defending turf, picking nominees, and watching for any Democrat maneuvers designed to disrupt clear outcomes. Expect a fast-moving night where endorsements, name recognition, and ground operations will matter more than ever. The outcomes will shape the conservative lane heading into the fall fight.
Live feeds and embedded returns are grouped below to reflect real-time vote reporting and press updates. These feeds will sit alongside reported numbers as precincts post results from coast to coast. Below you will find the bundled embeds followed by concise coverage of the key races and rolling vote tallies.
Alaska’s Senate primary stands out as one of the cycle’s most unusual contests. Democrat Mary Peltola has seen momentum slip after a high-profile campaign staff shake-up and the awkward story around a rejected endorsement from Vice President Kamala Harris. Incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan faces a messy strategy from his opponents that reportedly included recruiting a namesake candidate to confuse voters, and Sullivan will lean on his record and conservative credentials to fend that off. Alaska politics is unpredictable, but conservative voters are focused on clarity and accountability tonight.
In Florida, Republicans are picking a nominee for an open-seat gubernatorial race for the first time since Ron DeSantis took office in 2019, and Trump-endorsed Rep. Byron Donalds is the clear favorite in a crowded GOP primary. Donalds’ name recognition and endorsement tailwind give him the advantage as other contenders split the vote. On the Democratic side, former congressman David Jolly—running as a Democrat after previous GOP ties—has emerged as a significant contender. The governor’s contest will be a central storyline through November.
Florida is also wrapping up a special election to replace Marco Rubio now that he has moved on to serve as Secretary of State. Republican Ashley Moody, backed by former President Trump and other heavyweight conservatives, is positioned to hold the line for the GOP. Democrats in that contest are weighing a choice between State Rep. Angie Nixon and Alex Vindman, whose public profile is well known. That Senate-style special will test party organization and turnout ahead of the general election.
Wyoming GOP voters are choosing a successor to retiring Trump ally Cynthia Lummis, and Rep. Harriet Hageman has consolidated elite endorsements including Lummis and former President Trump. Hageman’s conservative record and establishment backing give her a clear pathway to the nomination. The Wyoming result will serve as a reminder that endorsements still matter deeply in sparse, high-turnout Western primaries. For Republicans, it’s about nominating proven conservatives who can win statewide.
7:04 PM ET: Results are now coming in for Florida. Rep. Byron Donalds currently leads the Republican field with just under 50 percent of the vote. David Jolly, a former Republican who is now running as a Democrat, currently leads the Democrat side of the race handily. Ashley Moody has a commanding lead over the rest of the Republican field, while Alex Vindman is neck and neck with Angie Nixon in the Democrat primary.
7:17 PM ET: An estimated 33 percent of the Republican vote is now in, and Byron Donalds is hovering at about 50 percent of the vote. Florida Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins is sitting in second with 26 percent of the vote. Nearly half of the Democrat vote is in, and Angie Nixon has secured a lead over Vindman in the Senate special election, while David Jolly is surging ahead with nearly 65 percent of the vote in the gubernatorial race. Ashley Moody has maintained around 80 percent of the vote in her race.
7:43 PM ET: With nearly 70 percent of the vote in, Byron Donalds continues to boast a 50 percent share of the Republican vote. Democrat David Jolly’s 62 percent of the Democrat vote looks to be insurmountable as 75 percent of the party’s vote has been reported. Ashley Moody and Angie Nixon continue their leads as well. Down ballot, Republicans Randy Fine, Mike Beltran, Jim Schwartzel, and Casey Askar have won their races while Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz has taken her primary in a historically heavily-black district.
8:00 PM ET: Races have been called for Byron Donalds, Ashley Moody, David Jolly and Angie Nixon. Polls in Wyoming close in roughly one hour, shifting attention westward after a night of decisive results in Florida. Expect the next wave of reporting to focus on which Republican will step into Lummis’s seat and how those outcomes recalibrate both statewide and national maps. The fall campaign is now clearer in several key states and teams are already recalculating strategy accordingly.
