The Republican candidate for the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture seat has he conceded the race to Fort Lauderdale lawyer Nikki Fried. Matt Caldwell, a real-estate appraiser from North Fort Myers who has served the past eight years in the Florida House, said in a statement that he still had questions about how ballots were handled in Palm Beach and Broward counties, where he had filed a lawsuit. But he didn’t want to use legal loopholes to win an election. Fried is the only Democrat to win statewide this year. She won by only 6,753 votes out of more than 8 million cast. The state Elections Canvassing Commission will meet today to certify the results of the elections.