GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna scraped by with less than 50% of the vote in her Florida district to beat Democrat Leela Gray.
Ms. Luna’s margin of victory was less than 3,000 votes.
Florida’s 13th Congressional District shifted roughly 13 points toward Democrats compared with the 2024 presidential election, based on the vote counted so far.
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Florida Republicans redrew the state’s congressional map this year in a rare mid-decade redistricting.
The new lines moved the Gulf Coast district north and made it about one point more Republican, based on President Trump’s 2024 margin of about 13 points there.
Democrats have called the map a gerrymander. Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, said it better reflects the state’s makeup.
Despite the tight race, Ms. Luna said she is honored to have been reelected.
“In politics there is no participation trophy. There are only winners and losers. And today, I won,” she said on social media.
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