The Democratic Party candidate challenging Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) doesn’t actually live in the congressional district she is seeking to represent. Whitney Fox, the Democratic nominee for Florida’s 13th Congressional District, actually lives about one mile outside the district’s eastern border, according to property records.
Since Fox is not an actual resident of the 13th Congressional District, the Florida Democratic Party candidate will not be able to vote for herself in November’s election. While Members of the House of Representatives may run in and represent congressional districts in which they do not reside, they must be residents of the state in which the district is located.
Florida’s 13th Congressional District stretches along the state’s Gulf coast from Tarpon Springs in the north to St. Pete Beach in the south. The district’s western border is the Gulf of Mexico, while its eastern line follows mostly Interstate 275 and U.S. Route 19, bisecting the southern portion of Pinellas County. This bisection pushes Fox’s residence outside the district.
According to Pinellas County, Florida property records, Fox and her husband reside in a home built on two lots at 121 24th Street S in Saint Petersburg. Consequently, the address is approximately a mile outside the 13th Congressional District’s lines and is actually located in the 14th Congressional District, which includes most of Saint Petersburg and Tampa.
In Congress, Rep. Luna has been a staunch ally of President Donald J. Trump and an outspoken critic of Democratic Party smears against the America First leader. Last year, the Florida Republican was instrumental in pushing for the censure of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) over his role in the Russia collusion hoax. […]
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