John Quinones, one of the top contenders in the Republican primary for U.S. House District 9, has conceded to Todd Long.
Many thought Quinones would do well in the primary because the new district was developed to give Hispanics a real voice with about 40 percent of the vote.
Osceola County makes up much of District 9 and the race has already been hotly contested.
There was a lot of money spent on negative campaign ads.
The strange thing is the ads came from someone not even up for election.
The four candidates are John Quinones, Mark Oxner, Julius Melendez and Todd Long.
Long works as a personal injury lawyer.
He beat out Quinones, an Osceola County Commissioner; Oxner, a small business man; and Melendez, an Osceola County School Board member.
It appeared the Democratic candidate Alan Grayson saw a front runner in the race, or at least someone he didn't want to see win the primary.
His camp ran a lot of ads against Quinones and his tax votes.
Now, Quinones says he will lend his support to Long to defeat Grayson.
"A person who is deceiving as Alan Grayson and divisive in nature doesn't deserve to be the congressman for this area so my end I will be there for Mr. Long," said Quinones.
"He's this big centralized government, non-Christian values, Hugo Chavez, that's Grayson. He doesn't go to Washington to work with people and try to solve problems, I believe a united America, people coming together to solve problems. I'll be the problem solver. He'll be the character assassin in the race and that will be the choice for the people," said Long.
Earlier, Grayson, who made a lot of headlines when he served as congressman a couple of years ago, called Long a Tea Party candidate.
Candidate Todd Long came up short in two previous bids for Congress.
Long watched the results come in at a Hispanic restaurant in Kissimmee.
Though fewer Hispanics are registered as Republicans, their vote could play a big part in that district, which was drawn to be 40 percent Latino.