Vicki Lopez secures re-election in HD 113 with win over Jackie Gross-Kellogg
Republican Rep. Vicki Lopez just clinched a second term representing House District 113 in Miami-Dade County.
With early votes fully tallied, mail-in ballots partially counted and all 41 precincts reporting Tuesday, Lopez had 55% of the vote to defeat Democrat Jackie Gross-Kellogg, who faced an uphill battle against a well-funded incumbent.
Lopez leaned on her record of accomplishments, legislative backbone and gargantuan funding advantage to while campaigning this cycle. Gross-Kellogg, meanwhile, hoped unflattering recent press about Lopez and the district’s historically left-leaning electoral tendencies would deliver her an upset.
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