Trump favorite DeSantis captures GOP gubernatorial win in Fla.; Democrats choose Gillum
Ron DeSantis, a three-term Republican congressman riding the endorsement of President Donald Trump, surged to win Florida's GOP gubernatorial primary Tuesday and will face the mayor of Tallahassee, who captured the Democratic nomination in a major upset.
With more than 90 percent of precincts reporting, DeSantis, 39, an Iraq War veteran and three-term congressman from the Jacksonville suburbs, held a commanding 56 percent to 37 percent lead over Adam Putnam, Florida's agricultural commissioner and the onetime favorite to succeed GOP Gov. Rick Scott.
On the Democratic
