Each party got some good news and bad news in Tuesday's primaries. In Arizona's 1st District, Democrats got the opponent they wanted when baggage-laden Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu won the GOP primary with 32 percent of the vote. And in Florida's 26th District, former Democratic Rep. Joe Garcia, the subject of an absentee ballot scandal last cycle, delighted Republicans by earning the right to a rematch against GOP Rep. Carlos Curbelo. Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown (FL-05) became the fifth incumbent to lose a primary this cycle. In July, federal prosecutors indicted her on corruption charges for allegedly using a phony charity as a personal slush fund. But court-ordered redistricting played the dominant role in former state Sen. Al Lawson's victory. Of the five incumbents to lose this year, only GOP Rep. Tim Huelskamp (KS-01) was not hurt by redistricting or scandal. Overall, more than a third of Florida's delegation is likely to be new in 2017, including Republicans Matt Gaetz (FL-01), Neal Dunn (FL-02), John Rutherford (FL-04) and Francis Rooney (FL-19) and Democrats Al Lawson (FL-05), Darren Soto (FL-09)
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