Rachel Plakon holds on in HD 36, fending off challenge by Kelley Diona Miller
Rep. Rachel Plakon will represent House District 36 for a second term after fending off a challenge by Democrat Kelley Diona Miller.
The Lake Mary Republican took 53.63% of the vote to Miller’s 46.37%, with all Election Day and early votes tabulated and 99% of all vote-by-mail reported
Plakon won re-election despite Democrats holding a numbers edge. But she felt voters saw a record of accomplishment for the district.
“We put forward a good campaign,” she said. “We’ve pushed back on inflation coming out of Washington, passed $3 billion in tax cuts, and we are keeping Florida’s economy strong.”
Miller ran against what she saw as extremism coming from the Legislature and said the women of Flori...
