Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz won reelection to the House on Tuesday after running in a Florida district that Republicans redrew to favor the GOP.
His win is an early sign that the Republican Party’s unusual mid-decade redistricting to add favorable seats to this year’s map — an effort red-state lawmakers launched at the behest of President Donald Trump — may not have the effect they intended. The president carried Florida’s redrawn 25th District by nine percentage points.
Moskowitz, a two-term representative, defeated Republican Scott Singer, the former three-term mayor of Boca Raton who aligned himself with Trump.
The 25th District is currently held by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D). She decided after redistricting to run in Florida’s 20th District, a solidly blue district that had a vacant seat. Its previous representative, Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, resigned in April before she could have faced an expulsion vote from the House.
Republicans drew more advantageous lines for themselves in 15 districts across seven states, including four in Florida.
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report had rated the race in Florida’s 25th District as “Lean Democratic” and noted that Moskowitz, a strong supporter of Israel, would find support from the district’s large population of Jewish voters.
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