Big news of the night: Rep. Charlie Crist unseated Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in Florida’s Democratic primary for governor. The Associated Press called the game shortly after 8 p.m. Read the full story here. Here’s the latest on all of Tuesday’s other primary results in Tampa Bay and Florida. 8:25 pm: Noting that “the stakes couldn’t be higher for this election,” Charlie Crist wasted no time calling out Gov. Ron DeSantis in his victory speech to supporters in St. Petersburg, saying he “only cares about the White House. he doesn’t care about your house.” “Tonight the people of Florida sent a clear message: They want a governor who cares about them,” Crist told supporters in his victory speech in St. Petersburg. “This guy wants to be president of the United States, make no mistake. When we beat him on November 8, this show is over.” Crist said that if elected, he would sign an executive order protecting a woman’s right to an abortion. He also said he would reinstate recently ousted Hillsborough County District Attorney Andrew Warren. “Don’t be fooled by the DeSantis propaganda machine,” Crist said. “It doesn’t promote freedom, it takes away freedom. We can stop this adventurous dictator.” 8:19 pm: With about two-thirds of the precincts reporting, Aramis Ayala leads Daniel Uhlfelder and Jim Lewis in the Democratic primary for attorney general with about 43 percent of the vote. Ayala, 47, became the state’s first black attorney when she was elected to oversee prosecutions in Orange and Osceola counties. She stunned her supporters when, just two months into office, she announced she would not seek the death penalty for any defendants, sparking a legal battle with then-Gov. Rick Scott. 8:13 pm: Kimberly Berfield, 51, won the Republican primary for House District 58, earning 53 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting at 7:59 p.m. , previously served at home in Florida from 2000 to 2006. Jason Holloway, 30, won 30 percent of the vote, while teaching assistant Jim Vricos won 17 percent. District 58 includes the cities of Clearwater, Indian Rocks Beach and Belleair Beach and was largely represented by outgoing state Rep. Chris Latvala, who endorsed Berfield before the primary. In the Democratic primary for the same district, 71-year-old Bernard Fensterwald cruised to victory, winning 63 percent of the vote with 100 percent of precincts reporting as of 7:59 p.m. – the old rival and businessman Iosif Saportas, who gathered 37% of the votes. 8:11 pm: In Hillsborough County, it seems safe to call him Commissioner-elect Michael Owen. With 115 of 124 precincts reporting, the Republican attorney from Brandon led Noelle Licor 61.9 percent to 38.1 percent in the at-large primary to succeed Commissioner Stacy White in District 4.

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Want more of our free, weekly newsletters in your inbox? Let’s start. Explore all your options In the countywide District 7 race, Joshua Wostal leads Chase Harrison in the GOP primary 50.6% to 49.4% with 429 of 448 precincts reporting. Wostal’s lead is beyond the margin that would trigger an automatic recount. The winner faces Democratic commissioner Kimberly Overman 8:09 pm: Now that the polls have closed across Florida, The Associated Press is finally calling it: Wilton Simpson has won the Republican primary in the race to become Florida’s next Agriculture Commissioner. 8:04 pm: It wasn’t close after all. Florida political veteran Charlie Crist defeated Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried by a healthy margin on Tuesday. The race was so tight, the Associated Press called him shortly after 8 p.m. eastern, – when the polls closed in Florida’s Central Time Zone areas. Click here to read all about it. 8:03 pm: The Associated Press named U.S. Rep. Val Demings as the winner of the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, with 85.5 percent of the vote. Demings spent it all her opponents by more than 170 to one, federal records show. The congresswoman raised at least $47.8 million before the primary — 34.8 million of which came from individual donations of $200 or less. Before the race was announced by The Associated Press, incumbent U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s office released a statement calling Demings a “Pelosi puppet” and a “radical rubber stamp.” 8:01 pm: With just over half the precincts reporting, Republican Laurel Lee and Democrat Alan Cohn have taken the lead in Florida’s 15th Congressional District, an open seat created in the once-a-decade redistricting process. Lee is the former Florida Secretary of State under DeSantis who oversaw the 2020 election. Cohn is a former investigative reporter who previously ran for Congress in 2020. Five Republicans and five Democrats are running for Florida’s 15th district, which covers parts of Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk counties. Among Republicans, Lee faced Sen. Kelly Stargel, Rep. Jackie Toledo and U.S. Navy veterans Demetries Grimes and Kevin McGovern among Republicans. At about 8 p.m., Lee had 43% of the vote. Stargel follows with about 24% of the vote, followed by Toledo with 13%. Cohn’s entry into the race came just before the primary, but he received quick endorsements from the district’s Democratic members of Congress, including Crist and U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor. Among Democrats, Cohn is running against video producer Eddie Geller, U.S. Sen. Gavin Brown, retired U.S. Postal Service employee Bill Van Horn and Cesar Ramirez, chairman of the Florida Democratic Hispanic Caucus. Cohn has about 35% of the results as of 8 p.m. Brown trails him with about 22% of the vote, with Geller close behind. 8 pm: Minutes before the Associated Press is likely to make it official, Jordan Pride, Crist’s deputy political director, takes the microphone at the Crist Watch party. “I smell victory!” she says. 7:59 pm: With 98% of Pinellas County precincts reported, school board incumbents Lisa Cane and Caprice Edmond have solid majorities. District 3 appears headed for a runoff between Keesha Benson and Dawn Peters and Dist. 6 will see Stephanie Meyer and Brian Martin face off in November. With three Pasco County districts to go, the results are pretty clear: The school property tax referendum is at 59%, and incumbents appear to be returning to the board. Megan Harding has 71.5% and Cynthia Armstrong has 59%. In the open District 1 seat, Al Hernandez and James Washington appear headed for a runoff. 19:55: Early voting results from Pasco County show Hernando County Commissioner Jeff Holcomb, 51, leading in the Republican primary for state District 53, with nearly 82 percent of early voting and mail-in ballots counted by 7: 8 p.m. 19:53: Businesswoman Karen Gonzalez Pittman advanced in the Republican race for state District 65 with 48.15 percent of the vote, according to preliminary early and mail-in ballot counts Tuesday. Pittman, 60, was endorsed by state Rep. Jackie Toledo, who represents that district but is running for Congress. Businessman Jake Hoffman, 31, is next with 37.16 percent of the vote, and attorney Michael Minardi, 47, who rose to prominence in Florida as a leading advocate of legalizing marijuana, is next with 14.69 percent. 19:51: Republican Danny Alvarez cruises to victory Tuesday night, earning the chance to face an incumbent Democratic state representative in November. Alvarez, 47, a lawyer, former sheriff’s official and longtime Republican political activist, received 85 percent of the vote compared to his GOP opponent, anti-abortion activist Megan Angel Petty, 64, with 19 of 53 regions to report. He now faces Democratic Rep. Andrew Learned for the southeast Hillsborough County seat. 19:48: In the Pasco County House District 56 race, Republican Brad Yeager pulled away from his two opponents, garnering 45.5 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting. His two GOP rivals, retired law enforcement officer Scott Moore, 62, and University of South Florida student Jayden Cocuzza, 20, had 29 percent and 25 percent, respectively. Yeager, a 46-year-old general manager of a vehicle auction company, launched his campaign with the support of several notable Pasco County politicians, including Senate President Wilton Simpson and County Tax Collector Mike Fasano. No Democrats filed to run for the seat, so all registered voters were able to vote in the race. Yeager is now headed to Tallahassee. 7:47 pm: In the Hillsborough County Commission race, Michael Owen extended his lead over Noelle Licor with 69 of 124 precincts reporting. Owen led 61.7% to 38.3%. Owen appears headed for victory in the at-large primary to succeed Commissioner Stacey White in District 4. In the countywide District 7 race, businessman Joshua Wastall held a narrow lead over retired Tampa police officer Chase Harrison, 50.7% vs. 49.3% with 248 of 448 reporting areas. 7:46 pm: Republican incumbent Jim Boyd takes the lead in the universal primary for State Senate District 20 with 80 percent of the vote as of 7:40 p.m., with 82 of the 129 precincts reporting in Hillsborough and Manatee counties. He is running against 75-year-old retiree John Houman of Thonotosassa. With no Democrats in the race, Boyd is on track to win a second term in the Florida Senate. 19:45: Minutes after calling the race for Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, the Associated Press pulled the plug. This could be…