As he piled up about 60 percent of the statewide vote in Tuesday’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, Charlie Crist topped rival Nikki Fried in 64 of the 67 counties, according to the Florida Division of Elections website.
Fried, the state agriculture commissioner, won in Alachua, Bay and Walton counties.
Crist, a Pinellas County congressman, won by large margins in most of the state’s most-populous counties. As examples, he beat Fried by 52,306 votes in the Democratic stronghold of Broward County and by 39,045 votes in Miami-Dade County.