Florida Democrat switches districts after DeSantis redistricting shake-up

Pia Dandiya, a first-time candidate, says voters care more about costs than district lines as she seeks a key open seat What is a sanguine new congressional candidate to do when the district they thought they were running in gets torn apart by a governor’s best efforts to gerrymander his state at the president’s behest? For Pia Dandiya, a first-time candidate for the Democratic party in Florida, the answer was simple: pick up some maps, hit the road, and embrace the challenge of conquering a ...

By Richard Luscombe in Miami