Larkin Pulls Florida 25 Primary Into Statistical Tie as DSA Tests Socialist Reach
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 14
Larkin Pulls Florida 25 Primary Into Statistical Tie as DSA Tests Socialist Reach
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 14
Summary
Five days before Florida’s 18 August primary, Oliver Larkin’s insurgent House campaign has turned a once-lopsided race with Rep. Jared Moskowitz into a statistical tie in the newly redrawn 25th District.
A June Beacon Insights poll showed Moskowitz ahead 51% to 19%, but a poll last week from the Center for Strategic Politics found the two effectively even as Larkin’s canvass-heavy campaign gained traction.
Larkin’s pitch centers on cost-of-living relief, universal healthcare, free public tuition, affordable housing and immigration protections, while contrasting his voter outreach with Moskowitz’s refusal to debate and lower-profile public campaigning.
The race has also tightened financially: Moskowitz has raised nearly $3 million to Larkin’s more than $1 million, while Larkin says 75 volunteers knocked thousands of doors in a district split among Democrats, Republicans and independents.
For Democrats and the DSA, the contest is a test of whether recent socialist primary wins can travel to a competitive Florida seat reshaped by Republican redistricting and the state’s broader rightward drift.
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