Five Senate primaries to watch

Five Senate primaries to watch

When they go to the polls Aug. 20, Democratic primary voters in the Orlando area will decide the winner of one Florida Senate seat, while voters in other parts of the state will set the final slate of Senate candidates for the November elections.

The primary elections won’t affect the supermajority that Republicans hold in the Senate. But some Republican and Democratic primaries are drawing big money and big-name endorsements.

Voters have started casting mail-in ballots, and early-voting sites started opening in some areas of the state Monday — and will have to be open statewide on Saturday.

Here are five Senate primaries to watch:

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