The candidates are set for the general election in the District 14 state Senate race.

In the Republican primary, Alachua County Sheriff Steve Oelrich led Gainesville businessman Travis Horn, 62 percent to 38 percent, with 93 percent of precincts reporting.

“I feel pretty good, better than I did four or five hours ago,” Oelrich said at about 10 p.m., minutes before the race was called by the Associated Press.

District 14 includes 11 precincts in western Putnam County.

Oelrich led Horn by a final vote of 545 to 289 in Putnam.

Oelrich said he thought his success at the polls came in part because of voters’ familiarity with him.

“Steve Oelrich is a known quantity,” Oelrich said. “I’ve met a lot of challenges in my years as sheriff and I’ve met them all with honesty and integrity. The task now is to reach as many of the 400,000 people in the district as possible and let them know what we’re going to do in North Central Florida and statewide.”

Horn was not available late Monday night.

In the Democratic primary, the Associated Press called the race at about 10:30 p.m. for Rep. Ed Jennings Jr., D-Gainesville, who at 11 p.m. led former Gainesville mayor and state Rep. Perry McGriff 56 to 44 percent with approximately 93 percent of precincts reporting.

Jennings led McGriff 679 to 594 in Putnam County.

No one answered the phone at Jennings’ headquarters late Tuesday night and a spokesperson for McGriff was not available for comment.