New York, Florida and Oklahoma elections

Rep. Val Demings, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Florida, rallied with supporters this evening in Orlando, saying “we’re not looking behind us — tonight, we come looking forward.” 

Demings touched on abortion access and voting rights in her remarks, two key issues for Democratic midterms candidates. 

“I dream of an America where we protect constitutional rights like a woman’s right to choose. I’ve said it along this campaign trail, let me say it again. We’re not going back. We’re not,” Demings said.  

On voting rights, Demings referenced civil rights icon John Lewis, saying he told her “that the right to vote is precious. That it’s almost sacred. And we have to do everything in our power to protect the right to vote.” 

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried told a room of supporters that she had called Rep. Charlie Crist to congratulate him on winning the Democratic nomination for governor shortly after polls closed in the Florida Panhandle at 8 p.m. ET, Tuesday night.

“We are not going to back down until we restore democracy here in Florida and reverse 28 years of one party control in this state,” she said. 

A Jewish woman from South Florida, Fried unexpectedly won a four year term to become the state’s Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services in 2018 when Democrats lost every other statewide race. She spent the last four years as the party’s de facto leader, and became a constant — though often powerless — nemesis of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on the Florida Cabinet.

However, she struggled to turn that momentum into a political movement or make a case to lead the state. Nevertheless, she suggested this isn’t the last of her time in the Florida political arena. 

“Movement doesn't happen overnight,” she said. “Change doesn’t happen overnight.”

Incumbent Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz will win his party's nomination in Florida's 1st Congressional District, CNN projects.

Gaetz is seeking a fourth term. He will face Democratic nominee Rebekah Jones in November.

Jones, who was a former data scientists with the Florida Department of Health, claimed she was pressured by health department officials to falsify Covid-19 data to hide the extent of Florida's outbreak in the early months of the pandemic. The state inspector general's office said in March there was insufficient evidence to prove her claims.

Republicans currently control 16 of the state’s 27 US House seats. The state gained a seat after the 2020 census.

Rep. Charlie Crist will win the Democratic nomination for Florida governor, CNN projects, and face incumbent Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in November.  

Crist defeated Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in the primary. He is a former Republican governor of the Sunshine State who switched parties and now serves in Congress as a Democrat.  

Crist was elected governor as a Republican in 2006, and then ran for Senate as an independent in 2010, losing to Republican Marco Rubio. Crist then ran for governor in 2014 as a Democrat and lost to now-Sen. Rick Scott, a Republican. Crist won his House seat as a Democrat in 2016. 

Abortion emerged as a major issue in the Democratic primary, with Fried’s campaign attacking Crist’s record on the issue and Crist responding with a TV ad. The two Democrats spent much of the race taking shots at DeSantis. 

Rep. Val Demings will win the Democratic nomination for Senate in Florida, CNN projects, and will face incumbent Republican Sen. Marco Rubio in November.

Demings is a former Orlando police chief who served as an impeachment manager in former President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial.

Aramis Ayala will win the Democratic primary for Florida attorney general, CNN projects.

Ayala, after defeating two other challengers on Tuesday, will now face Republican incumbent Ashley B. Moody in November. Moody is seeking a second term.

It's 8 p.m. ET and final polls are closing across Florida and Oklahoma.

Here's what to know about the key races we are tracking in both states:

Rep. Jerry Nadler was campaigning and talking with New York voters at the West 72nd street subway station a few hours before polls are set to close as he fights to hang on to his seat in Congress.

The state's new congressional map pits Nadler against Rep. Carolyn Maloney in the 12th Congressional District. They both have held their respective seats for nearly 30 years and currently represent the west and east sides of Manhattan, respectively. The city will now be separated into north and south. 

At the subway station, Nadler said he believes he’ll win. He attributes his expected success to the endorsements he’s received. 

Nadler also cited his campaign’s strong absentee voter program, saying, “We’ve had a big operation to send absentee ballot operations to people.”

Nadler’s campaign has sent dozens of mailers, many of them making appeals to people to vote absentee if they were going to be out of town on Election Day. They even sent ballots that were entirely filled out with the recipient’s information that just had to signed and dropped in the mail.

With many similar positions, the contest between the former longtime allies has turned personal, with both candidates saying they asked the other to stand down and run in a different district.

Polls are closing in Florida, and some results for Florida's congressional primary races are coming in.

Here are the Republican House winners:

Follow live results as they continue to come in here.