South Florida congressional primaries set November matchups. Here’s what to know

Voters across South Florida chose their nominees Tuesday in a set of newly redrawn congressional districts, with Democrats claiming safe blue seats and Republicans locking in candidates for competitive November races. The results feature veteran incumbents, a Miami-Dade commissioner and two former TV news anchors headed toward high-stakes general elections on Nov. 3.

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Here are key takeaways:

District 20

• Debbie Wasserman Schultz won the Democratic primary for Florida’s 20th Congressional District, clinching her 12th term in Congress in a deep-blue district covering much of central Broward. The 20th District win makes Wasserman Schultz the first white person to represent the majority-Black district since it was created more than 30 years ago, a decision that angered Black Democrats and frustrated party leadership.

District 22

• In the newly drawn District 22, Republican businessman and U.S. Marine Casey Askar secured 33% of the vote to win a crowded seven-way GOP primary, beating Keiser University vice chancellor Belinda Keiser and fintech entrepreneur Michael Carbonara.
• Democrat Pia Dandiya, a former high school principal, will be the Democratic nominee in District 22 after winning more than 68% of the vote against Parkland attorney Kaysia Earley in a race both parties see as key to House control.

District 24

• Miami-Dade Commissioner Oliver Gilbert edged out State Sen. Shevrin Jones by about 2 percentage points to win the Democratic primary for District 24, the seat being vacated by longtime Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, who endorsed Gilbert early.
• Gilbert is poised to head to Congress after defeating a crowded field that included Kendrick Meek Jr., and he will face Republican Te Mayonna Brown in a district that has been a Democratic stronghold since 1992.

District 25

• Incumbent U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz fended off democratic socialist Oliver Larkin with 63.5% of the vote in District 25, a race that centered on Israel policy and showed South Florida Democrats remain skeptical of the left.
• Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer won the Republican nomination in District 25, beating businessman Dan Franzese, former state Rep. George Moraitis and others to set up a competitive November matchup against Moskowitz in the coastal district.

District 27

• In District 27, Republican incumbent Maria Elvira Salazar easily beat lawyer Michael Arias and will face Democrat Eliott Rodriguez, a former CBS News Miami anchor who defeated Robin Peguero, in a race between two Cuban-American former TV anchors.

The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.

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