Jared Moskowitz wins second CD 23 term with victory over Joe Kaufman
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz is keeping his seat representing Florida’s 23rd Congressional District.
With early votes fully tallied, mail-in ballots partially counted and all 184 precincts between Broward and Palm Beach counties reporting Tuesday, Moskowitz had 52% of the vote to defeat Republican counterterrorism expert Joe Kaufman, a persistent congressional candidate for whom victory remains elusive.
It was a long-shot bid for Kaufman. Moskowitz is well-known to voters, has a deep history of public service, has a knack for going viral online and carried a far larger war chest.
Then there was the district’s composition, which shifted redder in recent years but still leaned Democrat...
