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.
Debates and forums
- No debate has been scheduled, despite the challenger asking for one (checked 2026-09-24)
Anna Paulina Luna, Leela Gray - 2026-10-16 · St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce 'Friday Forum: Happy Hour with the Candidates' (Chamber members only; informal). Still UNCONFIRMED as of Oct. 27: no news coverage or Chamber recap found, so whether it happened and who attended can't be confirmed.
All candidates on St. Petersburg-area ballots invited; attendance unknown
Candidates
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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.…
Tony D'Arrigo
Tony D'Arrigo is a no-party-affiliation candidate in Florida's 13th Congressional District. He works as a hospitality business management consultant advising restaurant and hospitality operators and runs Two Step Entertainment, which works with online creators. He describes himself as a former Republican and a "Consti…
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 | Tony D'Arrigo No Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Leans agree· stated position Supports a middle-class tax cut and taking on insurance monopolies. | Mixed / neutral· stated position D'Arrigo proposes eliminating the federal income tax for households earning under $75,000, but pairs it with large new federal spending on health coverage, school meals and energy, so he does not accept the trade-off of fewer services. |
| Housing affordabilityGovernment should do more to make housing affordable (subsidies, zoning changes, rent measures). | No public position found | Leans agree· stated position Says housing must be made affordable for all Pinellas residents. | Leans agree· stated position D'Arrigo proposes government-backed home mortgages with interest rates capped at 5% for working families when private banks will not lend at fair rates. |
| 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 | 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.) | No public position found |
| 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 | 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 Wants affordable, quality, dependable care for every resident of the district. | Strongly agrees· stated position D'Arrigo says his goal is universal health coverage with costs capped as a share of income, free care for children through age 18, and a large expansion of Healthcare.gov. He also says he would restore cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. |
| Social Security & MedicareSocial Security and Medicare benefits must be protected from any cuts, even if that requires more revenue. | 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. | Strongly agrees· stated position Would protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare. | Strongly agrees· stated position D'Arrigo says he opposes cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and would fight to increase Social Security and other entitlement benefits, with a longer-term goal of lowering the retirement age. |
| Education & school choicePublic money should follow students to private, charter or home schools (universal school vouchers). | No public position found | 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 | No public position found |
| Elections & votingVoting should be made easier (mail voting, drop boxes, restoring voting rights) rather than adding new restrictions. | 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. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Crime & policingCriminal penalties should be tougher and police funding increased, rather than emphasizing reform and rehabilitation. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Strongly agrees· stated position D'Arrigo says he would end federal subsidies for oil and fuel companies and redirect the money to wind, solar and water power, and would subsidize low-cost electric vehicles. |
| Tariffs & tradeTariffs on imported goods are good for the American economy. | No public position found | Strongly disagrees· stated position Calls the tariffs illegal and a driver of inflation; would end them. | No public position found |
| 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 | 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. | No public position found |
| VeteransExpanding VA services and veterans' benefits should be a top priority. | No public position found | Leans agree· stated position Says veterans face bureaucratic red tape to access earned benefits. | No public position found |
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 GrayTony D'ArrigoHow 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), Teacher and staff pay (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), Library and classroom materials (agree), School safety approach (agree).
| Candidate | Economic issues | Social & legal issues |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Paulina Luna | 0.75 (4 statements) | 1.67 (6 statements) |
| Leela Gray | -0.80 (5 statements) | not enough data |
| Tony D'Arrigo | -1.40 (5 statements) | 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.
- 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.'
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
- 'Culture of corruption' campaign theme — Gray's September ads accuse Luna of giving inside information to a donor and frame the race around affordability and a 'culture of corruption' in Washington; Luna's lawyers demanded the ad be pulled.
- Dispute over her television ad about Luna — Gray's campaign refused to pull a 30-second ad saying Luna was 'giving insider information to her donor' after Luna's lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter on Sept. 18 calling the claims verifiably false. On Sept. 22 Gray's attorneys at the Elias Law Group replied that the ad rests on Wall Street Journal reporting and that a defamation suit would expose Luna to costs under Florida's anti-SLAPP law.
- Race rating moves — On Sept. 22-25 Fox News and the Cook Political Report both moved the district from 'Likely Republican' to 'Lean Republican.'
- Third-quarter fundraising and a fourth ratings shift — Gray's campaign said on Oct. 2 that it raised more than $1.4 million in the third quarter, $900,000 of it in September, from 12,667 contributions, with nearly 83% of them $100 or less. Inside Elections moved the district from Likely Republican to Lean Republican on Oct. 1, the fourth outlet in nine days to shift the race toward her. Luna has not announced a third-quarter number.
- House Majority PAC poll released with the fundraising figure — A Hart Research Associates poll for House Majority PAC of 500 voters taken Aug. 25-27 had Gray ahead of Luna 51%-46% head to head, inside the 4.4-point margin of error, and 44%-43% with no-party candidate Tony D'Arrigo included at 7%. Luna's response was 'Election year, same BS.'
- 'Auto Shop' closing ad — Gray launched a 30-second ad, backed by a six-figure buy, about her family's working-class background and Army service, saying she will 'fight corruption' and focus on 'cutting your costs.'
Tony D'Arrigo
No additional issues found in public statements as of the last data review.