(The Center Square) - Jared Moskowitz overcame a challenge from Democratic Socialist candidate Oliver Larkin to face off against a Republican in November.
The Florida legislature is one of 10 states across that country that redrew its congressional maps to in an effort to flip four Democratic controlled districts to heavily-favored Republican battlegrounds.
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