FL-HD73: Fiona McFarland (R) readies for rematch against Derek Reich (D) in HD 73

Rep. Fiona McFarland faces a familiar opponent in House District 73: Osprey Democrat Derek Reich.

The Sarasota Republican handily defeated Reich in 2022 as Republicans overperformed statewide. But considering voters in HD 73 split more closely in the 2020 Presidential Election than in any seat in Florida, Reich hopes voters will be in a mood for change.

“This humble teacher from Sarasota is the one to represent this community,” he said.

McFarland, though, believes the community will reward her work over the last four years with another term in office. Over her first four years in the House, she helped craft major policy in her first two terms in office, including on data privacy and social media use by minors.

She also passed legislation to offer donated human milk to infants as part of the Medicaid program. That was a bipartisan bill carried on the Senate side by Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book and signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.



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