Two outsized characters, two legal battles in Matt Gaetz, Rebekah Jones CD 1 race
No matter who wins the highly anticipated race for Florida’s 1st Congressional District, the Northwest Florida seat will be represented by a lawmaker dogged by legal challenges.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz is eyeing a fourth term in Congress and hopes to move past an ongoing criminal investigation into sex trafficking allegations. Meanwhile, Democratic challenger Rebekah Jones faces an uphill battle to unseat him in the heavily Republican seat while preparing for a trial about whether she hacked a Florida Department of State messaging system.
Gaetz, already a conservative star for his vocal support of former President Donald Trump, has dug his heels further into the fringes of...
