Republican congressional candidate Anna Paulina Luna is seeking to flip Florida’s 13th Congressional District red after its former Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) vacated the seat to run for governor.
Luna, a businesswoman and veteran who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, ran unsuccessfully two years ago against Crist for the seat, but the district has since been redrawn in the state’s recent redistricting process, likely leaving her in a better position to win this time around. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report has ranked the district “likely Republican.”This time, Eric Lynn, a former Pentagon official, is her rival in the November general election.
Luna said a humanitarian response to illegal immigration should include countertrafficking efforts, as human trafficking victims can be brought into the United States under false pretenses to be exploited. “I'm a second-generation American [whose family] came here in search of the American dream, and we're increasingly seeing that under attack under this administration, and so, I think that's pushing people to focus more on what politicians and legislators are doing here in D.C.”