Ron DeSantis wins Florida Republican gubernatorial primary

Ron DeSantis.
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Rep. Ron DeSantis, endorsed by President Trump, won Florida's GOP gubernatorial primary on Tuesday.

DeSantis defeated Adam Putnam, the state's agriculture commissioner, and several other candidates who only received a tiny percentage of the vote. With 84.9 percent of precincts reporting, DeSantis has 56.2 percent of the vote, and Putnam 36.8 percent.

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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.