Overview

• Unofficial results show Zack with about 53% of the vote (1,419 to 1,260), a 159-vote margin over Reicherter.
• Turnout was 8.6%, with 2,686 ballots cast by the district’s 31,208 registered Republicans under Florida’s closed-primary rules.
• Zack advances to the Dec. 9 special general against Democrat Rob Long, with Karen Yeh on the ballot as no party affiliation.
• The vacancy followed the July death of Democratic Rep. Joe Casello in a district where registration is roughly 40% Democratic, 30% Republican and 27% independent.
• Zack, a longtime lobbyist who has promoted unverified 2020 election claims, supports eliminating property taxes, while Reicherter favored keeping childhood vaccine mandates and cautioned against abolishing property taxes.