Florida Republicans defeat alt-right candidates in gubernatorial, House primaries

(JNS) — Pro-Israel Republicans defeated a pair of alt-right candidates accused of antisemitism in Florida’s primary elections on Tuesday in races for the House and governor.

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) won the Republican gubernatorial primary to succeed Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who is term-limited.

With 87 percent of votes counted at press time, Donalds had 762,364 (48.3 percent), trouncing James Fishback, a 31-year-old investor who courted the “groyper” movement associated with the Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, who came in third with 163,261 (10.4 percent) of the vote. Lt. Gov. Jay Co...