Florida Primary Election Results: Angie Nixon wins Florida’s Democratic Senate primary

The florida primary election results reported for Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, set the major November matchups: Byron Donalds will face David Jolly in the governor’s race, while Angie Nixon will face Ashley Moody in the U.S. Senate special election. Available reporting does not provide a complete list of vote totals or every House-race winner.

Angie Nixon wins Florida’s Democratic Senate primary

State Rep. Angie Nixon defeated former Army intelligence officer Alexander Vindman for the Democratic nomination in the special election to fill the final two years of Marco Rubio’s Senate term, according to The Guardian and The Toronto Star’s Associated Press report.

Nixon’s victory was described as an upset. She entered the primary with substantially less funding than Vindman: The Guardian reported that Nixon had raised $975,000 compared with Vindman’s $16.3 million at the end of July. Vindman became nationally known after serving as a witness in President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.

Republican Sen. Ashley Moody won her party’s nomination, meaning Nixon and Moody are set to meet in November. Moody was appointed to the Senate after Rubio left the seat to become secretary of state, and the special election will determine who serves the remaining two years of Rubio’s term. NBC News’ results page identifies the contest as a special election and lists Nixon’s upset over Vindman among the election highlights.

Byron Donalds and David Jolly advance to the governor’s race

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds won the Republican nomination for governor, while former Republican congressman David Jolly won the Democratic nomination, according to The Toronto Star’s AP report.

Donalds defeated Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, businessman James Fishback and other Republican candidates. If he wins in November, he would become Florida’s first Black governor, the report said. Gov. Ron DeSantis is barred from seeking a third consecutive term.

Jolly, a Republican-turned-independent who switched to the Democratic Party last year, will represent Democrats in the general election. Al Jazeera’s preview had identified Jolly as the expected Democratic nominee before voting, while the AP report confirms that he secured the nomination.

Florida House results and the new district map

Florida’s congressional primary races were the first to use new districts signed into law in May, according to Al Jazeera. NBC News reported that the map created four additional Republican-leaning seats and that several incumbents faced primary challengers.

Among the contests NBC News highlighted were Republican Rep. Cory Mills’ primary, amid Justice Department and House Ethics Committee investigations that he has denied, and Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s race in a heavily Black district. The NBC News Florida House results page provides district-by-district results coverage, but the supplied reporting does not establish the winners or vote totals for every House contest.

The latest reported statewide outcome is therefore clear for the governor’s race and the Senate special election: Donalds and Jolly will contest the governorship, while Nixon and Moody will contest the Senate seat in November.