Rep. Cory Mills Projected to Lose Florida Primary

Republican Rep. Cory Mills will lose his reelection bid in Florida's 7th Congressional District to challenger Ryan Elijah, The Associated Press projected Tuesday.

President Donald Trump endorsed Mills in February but omitted him from a list of Florida endorsements he posted over the last week. The two-term congressman has faced a string of scandals and is the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation as well as a Department of Justice probe, in part over his finances. Mills has denied the allegations.

Florida held primaries Tuesday alongside Alaska and Wyoming.

In Florida's governor's race, Republican Rep. Byron Donalds, endorsed by Trump and the frontrunner throughout the campaign, is projected to win the GOP nomination. He is expected to face former Republican Rep. David Jolly, projected to win the Democratic primary. A Donalds victory in November would make him the state's first Black governor.

It was the first election since Florida's congressional districts were redrawn by the Republican-controlled legislature. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is projected to win the Democratic primary in the 20th District, and Rep. Jared Moskowitz is projected to fend off a progressive challenger in the 25th District. Republicans hope the new map helps them pick up four more House seats in November.

In Alaska, more than a dozen candidates are challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in a nonpartisan primary, including another candidate also named Dan Sullivan, who won a court fight to stay on the ballot after state election officials tried to block his candidacy as misleading. Former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola is also running.

In Wyoming, Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman is giving up her House seat to seek the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Cynthia Lummis, with Trump's endorsement. Nine Republicans and two Democrats are running to replace her in the House.