Caldwell concedes in Florida Ag Commissioner race

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican state Rep. Matt Caldwell says he won’t challenge his loss to Democrat Nikki Fried in Florida’s agriculture commission race — a contest that was the closest of the three statewide seats that went through a recount.
Caldwell made his announcement in an email Monday, the day after official election results were turned in showing Fried with a 6,753-vote lead out of more than 8 million ballots cast, or a difference of 0.08 percentage points.