Democ­rats peg Anna Pauli­na Luna as vul­ner­a­ble incum­bent in Flori­da after poll

EXCLUSIVE — Democ­rats, buoyed by a recent poll, are eye­ing flip­ping Rep. Anna Pauli­na Luna’s (R‑FL) seat.
A poll com­mis­sioned by one of Luna’s Demo­c­ra­t­ic chal­lengers, Whit­ney Fox, sug­gest­ed the fresh­man House Free­dom Cau­cus mem­ber is more vul­ner­a­ble than believed. While a gener­ic poll has Luna up by 7 per­cent­age points, 50% to 43%, the gap nar­rows to 51% to 46% when more bio­graph­i­cal infor­ma­tion is giv­en.

Rep. Anna Pauli­na Luna (R‑FL) speaks out­side the hush mon­ey crim­i­nal case of for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump in New York on Thurs­day, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaf­frey)

When poll­sters pre­sent­ed Luna’s posi­tions on abor­tion, Medicare, and Social Secu­ri­ty, Fox turned out on top, with 49% of the vote com­pared to Luna’s 47%.
“Our polling results clear­ly show Florida’s 13th Con­gres­sion­al Dis­trict is in play this Novem­ber and is the most flip­pable House seat in Flori­da,” Fox’s cam­paign man­ag­er James Cor­ti said. “Whit­ney Fox has a clear path to vic­to­ry against Anna Pauli­na Luna once vot­ers learn about Luna’s self-serv­ing polit­i­cal games and her extreme stances on abor­tion, Social Secu­ri­ty, and Medicare, all while Florid­i­ans strug­gle with record-high costs.”
“Let’s not for­get that Anna Pauli­na Luna under­per­formed oth­er Repub­li­cans by 6 per­cent­age points in 2022 when Demo­c­ra­t­ic turnout was at a decade low,” he added. “With the Flori­da abor­tion amend­ment and Pinel­las Coun­ty as a hot spot for infla­tion, Fox is poised to defeat Anna Pauli­na Luna and end her attacks on democ­ra­cy, women, and seniors.”
The poll could be affect­ed by the word­ing of ques­tions and infor­ma­tion giv­en to respon­dents.
“Luna falls behind Fox as vot­ers learn about her extreme posi­tions like sup­port­ing a nation­al abor­tion ban with­out excep­tions for rape, incest, or the life of the moth­er …