Two Trump-backed candidates lose, Debbie Wasserman Schultz wins in Tuesday’s House primaries in Florida - NBC News

Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz secured her party's nomination for re-election in Florida's House primaries Tuesday, while two Republican candidates endorsed by President Donald Trump lost their bids.

This came after Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and other state leaders redrew Wasserman Schultz's existing district and three other Democratic seats. They transformed these into four new GOP-leaning districts, with the party aiming to flip them in November. The redistricting prompted Wasserman Schultz, former Democratic National Committee chair, to run in the 20th District, which has a long history of electing Black Democrats and became vacant when Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned.

For Floridians, these primary results mean a direct consequence of the state's redrawn congressional maps. Wasserman Schultz will now contest the general election in a significantly altered political landscape. These defeats also show a complex political climate within the Republican party ahead of the fall campaigns.

The outcomes highlight how deeply redistricting efforts can shape future representation and partisan control in key state races.