Florida primaries cover governor, Senate and House races

What is confirmed

Florida voters are selecting their parties’ candidates for governor, Senate and a number of U.S. House seats. These primary contests are taking place after redistricting.

No candidate names, vote totals, reporting percentages or confirmed outcomes have been identified. No nominee or leading candidate can be named without those details.

The scope of the election is clear, but its outcomes are not. Any results update should identify the office and party involved and rely on a primary record before presenting an outcome as confirmed.

Offices included in the primaries

The primaries include races for governor and Senate, along with multiple U.S. House contests. The governor and Senate contests are statewide. The individual House districts involved and whether every party has a contested primary for each office have not been identified.

Candidate backgrounds, campaigns and policy positions also have not been identified. Comparisons among candidates or races require documented information about the people running and their positions.

Results must be organized race by race because each contest selects a nominee for a particular party and office. A complete results report requires a separate entry for each contest, including the relevant party and office.

Redistricting context

The House races are occurring after redistricting. The new district boundaries, changes to individual districts and comparisons between current and earlier districts have not been identified.

District identification is important because a U.S. House result applies to a particular seat. Assessing how redistricting affected any contest would require documentation of the districts involved and the changes to their boundaries.

The governor and Senate races are statewide and are taking place during the same primary election period. No comparable redistricting connection has been identified for those contests.

What is needed for a results update

A verified update requires official or clearly attributed primary records showing results for each race. At minimum, those records should identify the office, party, candidates and reported vote figures. They should also make clear whether an outcome is final or whether counting and reporting remain underway.

Results may be checked against official primary records or a primary record linked by NPR Politics. Any record used for verification must be linked directly rather than reconstructed or guessed.

Until usable records identify candidate names, vote information and race outcomes, no winner can be stated. Confirmed results can be added once the relevant records are available.