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Former education administrator Karen Gonzalez Pittman has been elected as the Republican nominee for House District 65, beating business owner Jake Hoffman and lawyer Michael Minardi in the GOP Primary.
Pittman narrowly won with 44% of the vote, while Hoffman collected 43% and Minardi took 14%.
The candidates were racing to take the competitive Hillsborough County seat, which closely resembles the current HD 60 represented by out-going Republican Rep. Jackie Toledo. Toledo endorsed Pittman as her preferred successor.
Pittman will now go on to face Democrat Jen McDonald – and may face a challenge in trying to keep the seat red.
– Kelly Hayes, Florida Politics