Vern Buchanan took a step closer to another term in Congress Tuesday, easily besting a political novice in the Republican primary of the redrawn 16th Congressional District.The new district now covers a swath of Hillsborough County south of the Alafia River, bringing about 150,000 new voters into the district, which has been represented by Buchanan since 2006.Buchanan, 65, had strongly criticized the court-ordered redraw last year. But the new boundaries didn't pose much of a hurdle for him Tuesday. He won 73 percent of the vote in Hillsborough County.Overall, Buchanan won 81 percent of the GOP vote to 19 percent for James Satcher, 37, a minister and missionary from Parrish who was making his first bid for political office."I thank the voters in today's primary," said Buchanan. "I am humbled by their support for my agenda to end Washington dysfunction, grow the economy and keep Americans safe."The traditionally Republican-leaning district, which also covers all of Manatee County and the northern half of Sarasota County, also had a Democratic primary.Sarasota attorney Jan Schneider, 69, bested Brent King, 50, a commercial airline pilot who lives in Lakewood Ranch.Schneider received 76 percent of the vote to King's 24 in the Democratic race. District 13 In Pinellas County, incumbent Republican David Jolly skated to victory in the GOP primary in the 13th Congressional District over retired Marine reserve brigadier general and airline pilot Mark Bircher.Jolly netted 75 percent of the vote to Bircher's 25 percent in unofficial results.First elected in a hotly-contested 2014 special election, Jolly said his attention to constituent service and his political independence served him well."I think we demonstrated for the past 2 1/2 years that we work as hard as we can for everybody," Jolly said Tuesday. "We leave it all on the field every day."Jolly, 43, will now face a much tougher fight to extend his political career as he pivots to take on a formidable Democratic opponent, former governor Charlie Crist.Crist, 60, who lives in St. Petersburg, didn't face a primary opponent.The jockeying between Jolly and Crist started immediately Tuesday night. Crist attempted to tie the congressman to GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. Jolly shot back that he's never endorsed Trump, adding Crist was untrustworthy.The Jolly-Crist race will be on the national radar as one of the most closely watched Congressional races this November. The newly-drawn district tilts Democratic after a court-ordered boundary shift brought in heavily Democratic areas in St. Petersburg such as Midtown and Childs Park, which were once represented by U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, a Tampa Democrat. Contact Charlie Frago at cfrago@tampabay.com or (727)893-8459. Follow@CharlieFrago.