Yoho wins seat in Congress
Republican Ted Yoho has won the 3rd Congressional District, which includes Alachua County, according to The Associated Press.
Yoho, 57, defeated 12-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns of Ocala in August by portraying himself as more conservative than Stearns.
He defeated a little known Democrat, J.R. (Jacques) Gaillot, by 62 percent to 35 percent, with 58 percent of the precincts reporting as of 8:38 p.m. The rest of the vote was garnered by Philip Dodds, an independent.
Yoho is a Gainesville veterinarian.
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