An Outspoken Trump Ally Is Falling Behind In Her Own Congressional District, New Poll Says

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A new survey done by St. Pete Polls for the Florida news outlet Florida Politics finds incumbent Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), who is known as an outspoken Trump ally, trailing her Democratic challenger for the general election, Whitney Fox.

Fox nabbed 47.8 percent of the support, with Luna at 44.3 percent. Nearly eight percent said they were either undecided or didn’t know who they’d back.

While in polling terms, that kind of a lead for Fox is not large enough to make a conclusive assertion about the race, there’s a clearly indicated Democratic inroad towards possible victory here. Luna last won her Congressional seat in a particularly good year for Florida Republicans in general, who tend to lead in a lot of elections but soared in 2022 — a trend that could reverse this time around with the documented spikes in Democratic enthusiasm under Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.

“Voters are ready for a change!” said a post from Fox on X, the site formerly called Twitter. “Our community is tired of the extreme partisanship and divisive rhetoric that has defined Anna Paulina Luna’s time in office. People want real solutions, not her brand of shallow political theater. #VoteWhitneyFox for sanity, decency and progress.”

Florida also has a U.S. Senate race on the ballot this year, with the seat up for grabs that is currently held by Republican Rick Scott, a former Florida governor. He is facing Democratic nominee Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, a former Congresswoman.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, tried running in this year’s Republican presidential primary but failed to make significant progress and ended up dropping out and putting his support behind Trump, now Republicans’ official nominee — no matter his legal troubles. It was more of the same across most of this year’s primary field. Even former Trump Administration official Nikki Haley, who got particularly outspoken against Trump, dropped out and said, later, she’d vote for him.