Establishment Darling Debbie Wasserman Schultz Defeats Progressive Challenger

And like Sanders, Canova posted an impressive fundraising haul of more than $3.5 million, with an average donation of $22.

The primary was brutal as Republicans spent big money against each other, and ended with the party nominating neither of the candidates preferred by the National Republican Congressional Committee: Ken Bennett, the former secretary of State, nor Kiehne, who challenged Kirkpatrick in 2014.

Wasserman Schultz is expected to easily win her race in November.

Both Republican and Democratic incumbents face challenges from their respective party's insurgent wing in Tuesday primaries, as GOP Sen.

Canova targeted Wasserman Schultz's close work with the Clinton campaign during the presidential primary season, even though the DNC is supposed to remain neutral in such races.

The primary capped off the most tumultuous political year of Wasserman Schultz's 25 years in public life.

"We commit right here and now Broward County will carry Hillary Clinton to the White House", she said.

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio speaking at a press conference at Temple Beth El in West Palm Beach, Fla., March 11, 2016.

Tim Canova refused to go quietly into the night as he sat by the bar of Kasa Champet in Pembroke Pines after all precincts finally reported around 11:30 p.m. McCain and Rubio are favored to win reelection and are not considered the highest-tier targets for Democrats, who, if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency, would need to pick up four seats to take back control of the Senate.

Not that long ago, even talking about a possible Wasserman Schultz defeat would have been outlandish.

Wasserman Schultz stepped down as DNC chair after a series of emails leaked highlighting the DNC's attempts to thwart Bernie Sanders campaign.

"I'll concede that Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a corporate stooge", Canova told reporters shortly before midnight, according to the Sun Sentinel. Canova was hoping Wasserman Schultz's woes would get worse. And national Democratic leaders such as Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and John Lewis all traveled to Miami to campaign for her - while Sanders opted not to do the same for Canova. He later tried to downplay Sanders's silence in a conversation with The Hill, saying an appearance in the district could have been a "distraction".

'She's earned great disrepute among Bernie delegates due to her behavior throughout the campaign, ' progressive activist Norman Solomon, a Sanders delegate who is organizing an independent Bernie Delegates Network, tells the Monitor. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina, Randy Forbes of Virginia and Tim Huelskamp of Kansas and indicted Democratic Rep. Chaka Fattah going down in primaries.

Ward knew she was in for a tough battle if she was to beat McCain and used his age to try and convince voters that the incumbent was too old to serve another six years. Rubio, an outspoken Iran deal opponent, had been a favorite of pro-Israel Republicans for a period during the primaries.