Florida Primaries Could Flip 4 Congressional Seats — Federal Agents Are Monitoring Polling Locations

Voters in Florida, Alaska, Wyoming, and California's 14th Congressional District head to the polls, with federal election monitors present in Florida and Wyoming. The States covers today's key races and a North Carolina veto fight over early voting. The DOJ Civil Rights Division sent monitors to Miami-Dade County, Florida, and Laramie County, Wyoming. In Florida, voters weigh in on a new Republican-favored congressional map — one of ten states nationally engaged in mid-decade redistricting — that could flip up to four Democratic-held seats; the U.S. House currently stands at 220-212 in favor of the GOP. Sen. Ashley Moody, appointed by Gov. DeSantis to fill Marco Rubio's seat, seeks the GOP nomination to keep it. Florida also holds its gubernatorial primary, with Rep. Byron Donalds — endorsed by President Trump — leading Republican polling. In Alaska, Sen. Dan Sullivan faces 16 candidates in a nonpartisan primary, including Democrat Mary Peltola and a same-named Republican challenger, Dan J. Sullivan, at the center of an ongoing state and federal investigation into potential ballot-confusion tactics. In California's 14th District, Democrats state Sen. Aisha Wahab and former Dublin Mayor Melissa Hernandez compete to succeed former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned amid misconduct allegations; both advance to a November 3 runoff regardless of today's outcome. Separately, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein vetoed House Bill 958, which would shorten early voting for primaries from 17 to 10 days and add post-election audit requirements; Republican state auditor Dave Boliek disputes Stein's characterization of the bill as reducing access. Read more at thecentersquare.com.