Ex-C.E.O. Wins Florida Primary for House Seat

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The former chief executive of an aluminum wheel company won a Republican primary on Tuesday in a special election for the seat of a congressman who resigned in January after being arrested on cocaine charges.

Curt Clawson, 54, defeated Lizbeth Benacquisto, Michael Dreikorn and Paige Kreegel to capture the majority-Republican district. Mr. Clawson vowed to challenge President Obama on his health care law.

Mr. Clawson will face April Freeman, a Democrat, and Ray Netherwood, a Libertarian, in the June 24 general election. The winner will fill the seat left vacant by Trey Radel, a former TV anchorman who pleaded guilty in November to cocaine possession. The term ends this year.