Marco Rubio, Patrick Murphy win Florida Senate primaries

Marco Rubio.
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In Florida, incumbent Republican Sen. Marco Rubio won his party's Senate primary on Tuesday, and will go up against Democratic primary winner Rep. Patrick Murphy in November.

With 68 percent of votes in, Rubio was ahead of challenger Carlos Beruff, a developer, 72 percent to 19 percent. On the Democratic side, with 69 percent of votes counted, Murphy is ahead of Rep. Alan Grayson, 59 percent to 18 percent. Rubio had said he would not seek re-election, but changed his mind after dropping out of the Republican presidential race, filing two days before the deadline.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.