Democrats found hope in CD 13; it was dashed

Heartened by what was perceived as a rejection of extremism from the political right, Democrats were hopeful they could flip a seat in Congress by targeting right-wing U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna in Florida’s 13th Congressional District. And they thought they had the right person for the job in Whitney Fox.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) placed Fox in its “Red to Blue” program. Fox was the only Democrat in Florida to make the program.

But Fox was the one who came up short, by a lot. Luna won by 10 percentage points, earning 55% of the vote.

– Janelle Irwin, Florida Politics