Former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist has won the Democratic nomination to seek his old job with his new party.

Both Crist and Republican Gov. Rick Scott easily won their party primaries for governor Tuesday as voters across Florida cast their ballots Tuesday.

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Primary results around Central Florida

Local Races

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Governor

Crist's victory Tuesday is another step in the former Republican governor's attempt at a political comeback.

Crist beat Nan Rich, the former Senate Democratic leader who has been campaigning for governor longer than Crist has been a Democrat.

The former governor left the GOP in 2010 when he ran as an independent for the Senate seat won by Republican Marco Rubio. Crist used to call himself a Ronald Reagan Republican, but he increasingly aligned himself with Democrats after the Senate campaign.

"If we do our job, when the sun rises on Nov. 5 -- the day after the election -- it will rise on a Florida full of renewed opportunity for all of our children, all of our home grown small businesses, all of our families," Crist said.

He campaigned for President Barack Obama in 2012 and registered as a Democrat after that election.

Scott did not speak publicly Tuesday, opting instead to watch the results of the Democratic primary at a private event in Miami.

"Charlie Crist failed as governor, lost 830,000 jobs, and tried to run off to Washington — and now he wants his job back," Scott said in a statement Tuesday. "We've come a long way in the last few years, but there's plenty of work left to do. Let's keep working."

Attorney General

George Sheldon is the winner of the Democratic primary for attorney general.

Sheldon, a former deputy attorney general who once worked in the Obama administration, Sheldon will face Republican incumbent Pam Bondi and Libertarian candidate Bill Wohlsifer in November.

The Democratic primary was a low-profile campaign where the two rivals largely refrained from criticizing each other directly. Instead, they were united in their unfailing criticism of Bondi and the job she has done since taking office in 2011.

They sharply criticized her for opposing a medical marijuana amendment on the November ballot, as well as her fight to retain the state's ban on same sex marriage.

Florida Congressional Races

Republican U.S. Reps. Ted Yoho (District 3) and John Mica (District 7) won their Republican primaries Tuesday.

Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson won his primary in District 9, and will face Carol Platt, who won the district's Republican primary, in November.

In District 5, Republican Glo Smith won her primary, and will take on longtime Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown in the general election.

District 10 Democrat Michael McKenna won his primary with 50 percent of the vote, and will face incumbent Republican Rep. Dan Webster in November.

Florida Senate

Democratic state Sen. Geraldine Thompson defeated Gary Siplin in State Senate District 12. Republican Edward DeAguilera will challenge her bid for re-election.

Republican state Sen. Thad Altman claimed victory over Monique Miller in District 16.

Florida House

In state House District 31's Republican, universal primary, 23-year-old Jennifer Sullivan took 35 percent of the vote over the closest challenger, Randy Glisson's 29 percent. With no challengers from any other party, Sullivan instantly won the seat.

Republican state Reps. Jason Brodeur (District 28), Eric Eisnaugle (District 44), Tom Goodson (District 50) and John Tobia (District 53) won their primaries.

Bob Cortes won the Republican primary in House District 30, and Mike Miller (District 47) and Rene Plasencia (District 49) won by large margins in District 47.

It was a much closer race in House District 42's Democratic primary, with fewer than two dozen votes separating Chad Carnell and Pete Placencia.

Democrat John Cortes won over incumbent District 43 Rep. Ricardo Rangel.

Problems at the polls

Volusia County had some early voting equipment issues Tuesday, but Supervisor of Election Ann McFall said things were back up and running a short time later.

Four of the sites had no power or phone service when they brought the equipment room. Two other sites had feeder machines that were not working. About a thousand ballots are being recounted.

In Orange County, the voting precinct at Timber Creek High School was briefly affected by a power outage Tuesday morning. Power was restored around 8:30 a.m.

Brevard County's election website was down for a short time after results started coming in Tuesday evening. No major issues were reported at the polls there.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.