Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis will be Northwest Florida's next Congress representative. The Associated Press called the race for Patronis at 7:20 p.m. as Patronis was leading Democrat Gay Valimont by about 9 points.

Triumph Gulf Coast Inc. Board Chair Jay Trumbull Sr. said he’s in agreement with the appointment of Rigdon by Patronis. Trumbull added that Rigdon has big shoes to fill in replacing Henderson.

Republican Jimmy Patronis won a special election Tuesday in Florida’s 1st Congressional District, securing a seat in the reliably Republican Panhandle with the backing of former President Donald Trump.

Who will fill former Rep. Matt Gaetz's Congressional seat? The race is largely between Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis and Gay Valimont.

Republicans won two key House races in Florida on Tuesday with both Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis defeating their Democratic opponents. CBS News elections and surveys executive director Anthony Salvanto breaks down the win.

Florida Republican state Sen. Randy Fine and GOP state CFO Jimmy Patronis easily won two crucial special elections for the US House in the Sunshine State Tuesday, temporarily bolstering the GOP’s razor-thin majority.

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. — Republican Jimmy Patronis won a special election Tuesday in Florida’s 1st Congressional District, bolstered by President Donald Trump’s endorsement to fill a vacant seat in reliably Republican northern Florida and despite national Democrats pouring millions into the race.

Florida chief financial officer Jimmy Patronis was projected to win the special election to replace former Rep. Matt Gatez (R-Fla.) in the 1st Congressional District, defeating Democrat Gay Valimont,

Democratic attorneys general in 23 states and Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., alleging that the department’s sudden rollback of $12 billion in public health funding was unlawful and harmful.