The Winner

If you live in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District, Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) will represent you after winning an eighth term, her first in the redrawn district. The Associated Press called the race for Frankel at 7:34 p.m. Eastern time on election night, Tuesday, Nov. 3. ​

Frankel has 170,028 votes (65.7%) to 88,939 (34.3%) for Republican Deborah Adeimy, a margin of about 31 points, with an estimated 99% of votes counted, according to Associated Press election results. She returns to a House where Democrats will soon hold the majority.

The Race

This was the first election under the map Gov. Ron DeSantis signed in May, which reworked 21 of Florida’s 28 congressional districts. The 23rd moved out of Broward County and now lies entirely in Palm Beach County, covering part of West Palm Beach and running south to Boynton Beach, according to WGCU’s breakdown of the new districts. Frankel previously represented the 22nd District, which the new map shifted west and made more Republican.

Under the old lines in 2024, Frankel won the 22nd by 10 points over Republican Dan Franzese, 55.0% to 45.0%. Adeimy, a West Palm Beach native, is a financial adviser who has worked for Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase, according to WPTV’s candidate profile.

In the Aug. 18 primaries, Frankel beat Victoria Doyle and Mark Piper with 74.8% of the vote, and Adeimy beat Paola Branda with 73.7%, according to Ballotpedia’s race page. Cook Political Report and Inside Elections rated the race Solid Democratic, and Sabato’s Crystal Ball rated it Safe Democratic.

About 778,900 people live in the district, and residents are 56.5% white, 22.9% Hispanic, 13.9% Black and 3.4% Asian. The median household income is $85,500, and the median age is 44.5. Of adults, 45.1% hold at least a bachelor’s degree, unemployment is 4.9% and 9.9% of residents live below the poverty line.

What’s Next

Frankel’s new term begins Sunday, Jan. 3. She is the top Democrat on the House Appropriations subcommittee that funds the State Department and foreign aid, and she is likely to chair it in the new Democratic majority, according to The Hill.

On election night, Frankel said lowering the cost of rent, gas, food and health care would be her top priority, according to WPTV’s election night report. Before the election, she named humanitarian and development aid, stronger alliances and countering China’s influence as her top foreign policy issues.

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