(The Center Square) – The candidates competing to represent Florida’s 25th Congressional District are offering competing solutions to the same problem: the rising cost of living.
U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., faces Republican Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, on Nov. 3 in a battleground race for the newly redrawn seat.
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