Kaufman wins Republican primary for Florida’s 23rd Congressional District

Republican Joseph “Joe” Kaufman on Tuesday won the primary election to advance to November to challenge the incumbent Democratic Congressman Jared Moskowitz.

Kaufman is among six Republican candidates who ran for U.S. House, District 23. The other Republicans in the contest were Gary Barve, Darlene Cerezo Swaffar, Carla Spalding, Joe Thelusca and Robert S. Weinroth.

Moskowitz is in his first term in Congress after holding multiple elected and appointed jobs in Broward and Tallahassee. He faced no Democratic challenger for the primary.

The 23rd District takes in northern Broward and much of the coast extending south through most of Fort Lauderdale and a share of southern Palm Beach County.

Staff writer Anthony Man contributed to this news article.