Kelsey Meany / WUFT News
Sen. Bill Nelson speaks at UF Oct. 24.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat, was re-elected over Republican candidate Connie Mack Jr., the Associated Press reported.
Nelson won 54 percent of the vote.
Mack, 45, a four-term congressman from Fort Myers, took 43 percent.
Nelson, 70, was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000 when he replaced Mack’s father, Connie Mack III.
