FLORIDA (AP) — Donald Trump won Tuesday's Republican presidential primary in Florida, a vote the former president was expected to carry easily after all his major challengers had dropped out.


What You Need To Know

  • Donald Trump won Tuesday's Republican presidential primary in Florida

  • President Joe Biden won Ohio’s Democratic primary, but there was no contest for him to win in Florida

  • Trump, a Florida voter, cast his ballot at a recreation center in Palm Beach on Tuesday and told reporters, “I voted for Donald Trump"

Trump, a Florida voter, cast his ballot at a recreation center in Palm Beach on Tuesday and told reporters, “I voted for Donald Trump."

President Joe Biden won Ohio’s Democratic primary, but there was no contest for him to win in Florida. Democrats there had canceled their primary and opted to award all 224 of their delegates to Biden, a move that has precedence for an incumbent president. 

Voters in some states are echoing arguments offered by Biden and Trump. Those themes were evident Tuesday at some polling locations.

“President Biden, I don't think he knows how to tie his shoes anymore,” said Trump supporter Linda Bennet, a resident of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, not far from the former president's Mar-a-Lago resort.

Even as she echoed Trump's arguments about Biden, she criticized Trump's rhetoric and “the way he composes himself” as “not presidential at all.” But she said the former president is “a man of his word,” and she said the country, especially the economy, felt stronger to her under Trump's leadership.

Trump and Biden have for weeks been focused on the general election, aiming their campaigns lately on states that could be competitive in November rather than merely those holding primaries.