Anna Paulina Luna
Anna Paulina Luna, an Air Force veteran, has represented the 13th District since 2023 and is the first Mexican-American woman elected to Congress from Florida. She is a member of the House Freedom Caucus and the Congressional Second Amendment Caucus. She advanced to the 2026 general election without a contested Republican primary. The district's Cook Partisan Voter Index is R+5.
How they got on the ballot: Advanced without a contested Aug 18, 2026 Republican primary (https://eciks.org/21795-luna-florida-primary-unopposed ; Ballotpedia roster listed Njallssen Amaro Lionheart: https://ballotpedia.org/Florida's_13th_Congressional_District_election,_2026_(August_18_Republican_primary))
Campaign finance (FEC filings through 10/14/2026): raised $4,351,792, spent $3,736,252, cash on hand $746,955; $2,747,014 from individual donors, $219,500 from PACs, $97 from the candidate. FEC filings ↗
Sources last checked 2025-07-04. Report an error ↗
Positions on the major issues
Compare with opponents →Each entry describes what the candidate has said or done, and what they say they will do, in neutral terms with sources. The chip shows how that relates to the statement voters rate in the matching tool.
Taxes & spending Leans agree· based on record
Luna voted for H.R. 1 (the 2025 reconciliation law), which extended the 2017 individual tax cuts and added new deductions while reducing projected federal spending on Medicaid and SNAP. No separate statement on the tradeoff was found.
Immigration Strongly agrees· stated position
Her House website says she will fight to finish the border wall, end DACA, restore the 'Remain in Mexico' policy and 'crack down on criminal illegals,' and that she opposes amnesty; she voted for the Laken Riley Act (every House Republican voted yes).
Abortion Strongly disagrees· stated position
Luna has described herself as a 'pro-life extremist' and supported Florida's abortion ban, according to EMILY's List, which quotes her as telling Floridians who disagree with the state's policy to move; no statement supporting repeal of the six-week ban was found.
Guns Strongly disagrees· stated position
Luna wants to repeal red-flag orders and opposes assault-weapons bans, magazine limits and waiting periods, according to the Gun Owners of America endorsement announcement; she is a member of the Congressional Second Amendment Caucus and wore an AR-15 lapel pin in 2023.
Health care Leans disagree· based on record
Luna voted for H.R. 1, which reduced projected federal Medicaid spending (including new work requirements) and did not extend the enhanced ACA premium subsidies. No statement supporting Medicaid expansion in Florida was found.
Social Security & Medicare Leans agree· based on record
Voted for the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), the 2024 law repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, raising benefits for some public-sector retirees.
Elections & voting Strongly disagrees· based on record
Voted for the SAVE Act (H.R. 22), the 2025 bill requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Crime & policing Leans agree· based on record
Voted for the Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act (H.R. 2096), the 2025 bill repealing parts of the District of Columbia police-accountability law; a vote for it is coded as leaning toward tougher policing.
Gender identity laws Leans agree· based on record
Voted for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (H.R. 28), the 2025 bill barring transgender girls and women from female school sports under Title IX; a vote for it is coded as leaning toward keeping restrictions in place.
Energy & utilities Strongly disagrees· based on record
Voted for H.R. 1 (2025), which phased out most Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits and expanded oil and gas leasing.
Ukraine Strongly disagrees· based on record
Luna voted against the $60 billion Ukraine aid package in April 2024, voted for a 2023 moratorium on Ukraine aid, wrote in February 2025 that she was 'glad there will be NO funding for Ukraine,' and in June 2025 said she was requesting $40 billion per year from Ukraine as 'budgetary support' for the U.S.
"I'm glad there will be NO funding for Ukraine."
No public position found on 6 issues
We searched campaign sites, questionnaires, interviews, votes and official actions and did not find a clear stance on: Housing affordability, Education & school choice, Environment & water, Tariffs & trade, Trump administration, Veterans. This is reported as unknown rather than guessed from party affiliation; these issues are excluded from this candidate's match score.
Other issues this candidate has raised
- Proxy voting for new parents — Led a 2025 discharge petition to let new parents vote by proxy for up to 12 weeks; after leadership opposition she agreed to a deal with Speaker Johnson that replaced it with 'vote pairing.'
- Congressional stock-trading ban — Filed a discharge petition in December 2025 to force a vote on banning stock trading by members of Congress.
- Codify the $6,000 Social Security tax deduction — With Rep. Bilirakis, introduced a February 2026 bill to make the senior deduction permanent.
- Border and trafficking — Says she has visited the southern border three times and focuses on human and drug trafficking.
- Giffords PAC ad campaign — Giffords PAC announced an $800,000 ad buy on Sept. 22 attacking Luna's record on guns, part of a $10 million national effort. Luna's campaign said she has personal experience of gun violence and questioned Giffords' silence on her opponent's pharmaceutical investments.
- Cease-and-desist letter to her opponent — Luna's attorneys demanded on Sept. 18 that Gray stop airing an ad alleging she gave inside information to a donor, saying her financial disclosures show she does not own or trade stocks and that the Justice Department confirmed no investigation. Gray's lawyers refused on Sept. 22.
- Russian diesel purchase proposal — Luna defended President Trump's proposal to buy diesel fuel from Russia as part of efforts toward a Russia-Ukraine peace deal and a possible U.S.-Russia trade deal, saying 'we need to end the war.'
- Former Pinellas nuclear plant workers — Luna said her office is working with former Largo nuclear-weapons plant workers whose federal medical claims have stalled and that 'we will continue to fight on their behalf.'
Record: votes, actions and documented facts
- Voted for H.R. 1, the 2025 reconciliation law (July 3, 2025).
- Voted for the Laken Riley Act (Jan. 2025).
- Voted against the April 2024 $60 billion Ukraine military aid package and for a 2023 aid moratorium.Sources: Anna Paulina Luna - Wikipedia
- Secured 218 signatures (207 Democrats, 11 Republicans) on a discharge petition for parental proxy voting, then withdrew it in a deal with Speaker Johnson.
- Criticism: her challenger says Luna backed U.S. military action in Iran and Trump's tariffs, which the challenger says raised gas prices and costs.
- Voted for the Laken Riley Act (S. 5), the 2025 law requiring federal detention of unauthorized immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes and letting states sue over immigration enforcement.
- Voted for the SAVE Act (H.R. 22), the 2025 bill requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote.
- Voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), the July 2025 budget law that made the 2017 tax cuts permanent and added new deductions while cutting Medicaid and food-assistance spending.
- Voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), the July 2025 budget law that added Medicaid work requirements and eligibility checks projected to reduce coverage.
- Voted for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (H.R. 28), the 2025 bill barring transgender girls and women from female school sports under Title IX; a vote for it is coded as leaning toward keeping restrictions in place.
- Voted for the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 21), the 2025 bill setting criminal penalties for providers who fail to care for an infant born alive after an attempted abortion; a vote for it is coded as leaning toward more abortion restrictions.
- Voted for the Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act (H.R. 2096), the 2025 bill repealing parts of the District of Columbia police-accountability law; a vote for it is coded as leaning toward tougher policing.
- Voted for the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), the 2024 law repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, raising benefits for some public-sector retirees.
- Voted Nay on H.Con.Res. 93, a War Powers Resolution directing the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran (Roll Call 307, Sept. 15, 2026; agreed to 220-204).
- Voted Yea on the motion to table H.Res. 1486, a resolution impeaching President Trump (Roll Call 298, Sept. 15, 2026; tabled 232-147 with 47 voting present). A Yea vote set the resolution aside; a Nay vote would have kept it before the House.
- Voted Yea on H.J.Res. 210 and Yea on H.J.Res. 213, Congressional Review Act resolutions disapproving EPA authorizations of California's at-berth ocean-going vessel and commercial harbor craft diesel-emission rules (Roll Calls 306 and 311, Sept. 15-16, 2026; passed 216-211 and 214-208).
- On Sept. 17, 2026 Luna's attorneys sent a cease-and-desist letter to challenger Leela Gray over an ad alleging Luna shared inside information with a donor; the letter calls the ad false and notes Luna has introduced legislation to ban congressional stock trading.
- Voted for H.R. 1 (2025), the budget reconciliation law that extended the 2017 tax cuts, added Medicaid work requirements, reduced clean-energy tax credits and funded expanded immigration enforcement.
Endorsements (as reported)
- Gun Owners of America (2022 primary endorsement)