ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Polls will open on Tuesday in Northwest Florida for the special primary election. Republican candidates are vying for the chance to take Matt Gaetz's seat in Congress. Polling sites in Escambia, Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa counties will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Voters in parts of northeast Florida have until 7 p.m. to cast a ballot in a special primary election to replace Rep. Michael Waltz. Waltz resigned from Congress on Jan. 20, to join the Trump administration as national security advisor.

Republican voters in several Florida counties head to the polls on Tuesday, where they will select GOP nominees to fill seats that were held by former Reps. Michael Waltz and Matt Gaetz.

Florida state Sen. Randy Fine has won the Republican primary in the special election to replace former Rep. Mike Waltz in Florida’s 6th Congressional District

Two Republicans endorsed by President Donald Trump will win their special primaries Tuesday, moving one step closer to bringing Speaker Mike Johnson a little breathing room for the GOP’s narrow majority in the House.

The candidate endorsed by President Trump on Tuesday won the Republican primary in a special congressional election to replace former GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz in Florida's 1st Congressional District.

The races to fill the U.S. House seats of former Reps. Mike Waltz and Matt Gaetz began Tuesday with primaries in reliably conservative districts that solidly back President Donald Trump. One of the seats up for grabs is northwest Florida’s 1st Congressional District,