Election preview: your entire Aug. 18 ballot, from City Hall to the Governor’s Mansion

By Bec Bouvier

That’s the key point to know before anything else. Florida primaries usually narrow a field. This one closes it. And two of the contests that close it are open to every registered voter regardless of party, which has not happened here in years. Settled Tuesday night: Gainesville mayor. Alachua County Commission District 2. School Board District 3. County Judge, Group 5. Florida House District 21.