Republican Peggy Gossett-Seidman won reelection to the Florida House for District 91, one of the few Republicans in the region to hold her seat in the general election. She received 52.96% of the vote, or 39,631 ballots, to Democrat Luis Garcia’s 47.04%, or 35,302.
Gossett-Seidman, a former Highland Beach commissioner, first took her seat in the Florida House in 2022. She serves as vice chair of the PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee and sits on five other committees, including the Water Quality, Supply, and Treatment Subcommittee.
Born on a U.S. Air Force base and raised in Michigan, she earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in writing and journalism from Michigan State University. Her earlier career included becoming the first woman sportswriter in the Big Ten and later serving as media director for organizations including Wimbledon, the US Open and the Women’s Pro Tennis Tour, which operated in 18 countries.
