Trump-endorsed carpetbagger Cataline Lauf loses GOP primary in Florida's 19th congressional district

 

Top headline:  The Nation, 8/13/2026

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Bottom headline:  New York Times, 8/1y/2026

Patricia Mazzei reports:

It is Lauf, who moved to Florida after the coronavirus pandemic and has compared her family to other “blue state refugees,” who has had the momentum in the final days of the campaign. Last week, Trump endorsed her, noting that he appointed Lauf as an adviser to the Commerce Department during his first term. “She has truly been with us from the beginning!” he wrote. 

In an interview, Lauf, 33, said Republican voters wanted an outsider. “A lot of these guys represent the Republican Party of the past,” she said.

Lauf finished a distant 2nd in a 10-way contest, 7 percentage points behind the winner.  

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