David Jolly won the Republican primary for a Florida Congressional seat on Tuesday in a special election that is largely being framed as a referendum on the Affordable Care Act.
Jolly earned nearly 45 percent of the vote, according to the Associated Press, besting state Rep. Kathleen Peters and retired Marine Brig. Gen. Mark Bircher. He now will face Democrat Alex Sink in the general election on March 11.
The race to fill the seat held by the late Rep. Bill Young is viewed by many political observers as test grounds for how both parties will frame the issue of Obamacare in November's midterm elections.