U.S. House, District 13
Represents Florida's 13th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives; votes on federal laws and spending. Term: 2 years.
Partly verified. Either the November opponent could not be confirmed from available sources, or only a few positions are documented. Confirm the full candidate list on your county sample ballot; unknown positions are shown as such.
How we verified who is on the ballot
WUSF (Aug 18, 2026) and Florida Politics report Leela Gray (D) won the Democratic primary and faces incumbent Anna Paulina Luna (R) in November; Luna advanced without a contested Republican primary (Ballotpedia had listed Njallssen Amaro Lionheart as a primary filer) ; ; ). NPA/write-in candidates not confirmed. Florida's Legislature passed a new congressional map in the April 2026 special session (Senate vote 21-17 on April 29, 2026) and the Florida Supreme Court on June 10, 2026 declined (6-1) to block it, so the new district lines apply to the Nov. 3, 2026 election; litigation on the merits continues. ; ; County list reflects pre-2026 district boundaries unless a 2026 source is cited; boundaries changed under the April 2026 map and the exact new county composition was not confirmed in searches run for this guide.
Candidates
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 Republ…
Leela Gray
Leela Gray served 27 years in the U.S. Army, including more than 17 on active duty, commanded at the company, battalion and brigade levels, completed three deployments and a peacekeeping mission, led the 86th Training Division, and retired in 2018 as Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Army Central. She later advised U.…
Side-by-side on the major issues
Each row is a statement. The chips show how each candidate's stated positions or record relate to that statement. Expand a row to read the evidence and sources. "No public position found" means we could not find a statement or record on the topic, not that the candidate has none.
| Issue | Anna Paulina Luna Republican | Leela Gray Democratic |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes & spendingCutting taxes should be a top priority, even if it means less government spending on services. | 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. | No public position found |
| Housing affordabilityGovernment should do more to make housing affordable (subsidies, zoning changes, rent measures). | No public position found | No public position found |
| ImmigrationImmigration enforcement should be stricter, including large-scale deportation of people in the country illegally. | 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). | No public position found |
| AbortionAbortion should be legal in most cases (Florida's six-week ban should be repealed or loosened). | 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. | Strongly agrees· stated position Gray is endorsed by EMILY's List, which backs Democratic women who support abortion rights, and is listed by WomenCount; the endorsement announcement describes her as supporting reproductive rights. (One aggregator site characterizes her differently; her campaign and endorsers describe her as pro-choice.) |
| GunsGun laws should be stricter (keep the red-flag law and the age-21 purchase rule; expand background checks) rather than looser (permitless or open carry, lower purchase age). | 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. | No public position found |
| Health careGovernment should expand its role in health coverage (expand Medicaid in Florida, extend Affordable Care Act subsidies). | 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. | Leans agree· stated position Criticized H.R. 1 for its impact on Medicaid and SNAP and says she will 'protect health care' and lower costs; she has not endorsed specific expansions such as Medicare for All. |
| Social Security & MedicareSocial Security and Medicare benefits must be protected from any cuts, even if that requires more revenue. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Education & school choicePublic money should follow students to private, charter or home schools (universal school vouchers). | No public position found | No public position found |
| Environment & waterProtecting water quality, conservation land and climate resilience should take priority even if it slows development or raises costs. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Elections & votingVoting should be made easier (mail voting, drop boxes, restoring voting rights) rather than adding new restrictions. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Crime & policingCriminal penalties should be tougher and police funding increased, rather than emphasizing reform and rehabilitation. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Gender identity lawsFlorida's laws restricting gender-affirming care for minors and classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity should remain in place. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Energy & utilitiesGovernment should promote renewable energy and tighten oversight of utility rate increases, even at the expense of fossil-fuel production. | 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. | No public position found |
| Tariffs & tradeTariffs on imported goods are good for the American economy. | No public position found | Leans disagree· stated position Gray criticizes Rep. Luna for backing Trump's tariffs, which she says have raised costs for families. |
| UkraineThe U.S. should continue military aid to 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. | No public position found |
| Trump administrationI approve of the direction of the Trump administration. | No public position found | Leans disagree· stated position Gray criticizes the administration's tariffs and the military action in Iran that Luna supported, saying they raised gas prices and costs. |
| VeteransExpanding VA services and veterans' benefits should be a top priority. | No public position found | Strongly agrees· stated position Says she will 'deliver for veterans'; after retiring she earned a law degree to help veterans access health care and benefits. |
Where they sit on the map
Each candidate is placed by the average of their documented stances. It is a summary of the table above, not an extra judgment.
Leela GrayHow the axes are computed
Each axis is the average of a candidate's coded stances (+2 to −2) on a fixed set of statements, so it comes straight from the documented positions and nothing else. A candidate needs at least three documented statements on an axis to be placed.
Economic issues (toward "Smaller government (lower taxes, less spending)"): Taxes & spending (agree), Property taxes (agree), Health care (disagree), Housing affordability (disagree), Property insurance (disagree), Energy & utilities (disagree), Social Security & Medicare (disagree).
Social & legal issues (toward "Conservative side of the statements"): Immigration (agree), Abortion (disagree), Guns (disagree), Education & school choice (agree), Elections & voting (disagree), Crime & policing (agree), Gender identity laws (agree), Marijuana (disagree), Environment & water (disagree), Trump administration (agree).
| Candidate | Economic issues | Social & legal issues |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Paulina Luna | 1.33 (3 statements) | 2.00 (3 statements) |
| Leela Gray | not enough data | not enough data |
Other issues the candidates have raised
Priorities each candidate has brought up on their own, beyond the major-issue list above.
Anna Paulina Luna
- 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.
Leela Gray
- Anti-corruption agenda — Proposes overturning Citizens United, banning corporate PAC donations, banning stock trading by members of Congress, banning prediction markets and suspending congressional pay during shutdowns.
- Cost of living — Says she will fight for families 'crushed by the high cost of insurance, housing, gas and groceries.'
- Iran military action — Criticizes the U.S. military action in Iran that she says Luna backed.
- Cyber and defense modernization — Cites her work advising U.S. Army Cyber Command on cyber policy.Sources: About - Leela Gray