Unlike other state districts that tend to stick to party lines, Florida House District 35 is not so set in its ways.
In January 2024, voters in the district that includes parts of eastern Orange and Osceola counties elected Democrat Tom Keen over Republican Erika Booth in a special election — only for Booth to defeat Keen in the general election ten months later.
Now, Eric Gray, a Democrat, is hoping to turn the district blue again in his bid to unseat Booth in November.
Gray, 50, has never sought public office before, but his name is likely familiar to those
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