US Midterms 2026
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Lois Frankel, a Democrat who has served in the U.S. House since 2013 and was mayor of West Palm Beach from 2003 to 2011, is running in Florida's 23rd congressional district in 2026 against Republican Deborah Adeimy.
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Lois Frankel (FL-23) is a cosponsor of H.R. 10770, the 340B Rebate Model Delay Act. The bill, introduced by Rep. Bob Bresnahan (PA), Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI), Rep. Tracey Mann (KS), and Rep.
Lois Frankel helped secure federal funding for the Promise Fund, supporting three additional Promise Fund Women’s Health Centers (two in Palm Beach County and the first in Broward).
Voters statewide will also decide three constitutional amendments appearing on the Florida ballot.
The article highlights four U.S. House races in the Palm Beach and Treasure Coast area as covered by WPTV, including District 21 where James Martin (D) runs against incumbent Brian Mast (R).
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Lois Frankel was born to a Jewish family on May 16, 1948, in New York City. She received a bachelor's degree from Boston University in 1970 and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1973, and she moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, in 1974.
Lois Frankel's political career began in 1986, when she won an open seat in the Florida House of Representatives, defeating Republican Gerald Adams 69% to 31%.
She resigned in November 1991 to run for Congress, lost the 1992 Democratic runoff for the newly created 23rd district to Alcee Hastings, and returned to the state House in 1994.
Over fourteen years in the chamber she became the first female House Minority Leader in Florida's history, leaving in 2002 because of term limits. She was elected mayor of West Palm Beach in 2003, defeating incumbent Joel T. Daves III, and served two terms until 2011.
Frankel won Florida's 22nd congressional district in 2012, defeating Republican Adam Hasner 54.7% to 45.3%. After a Florida Supreme Court-ordered redistricting her district was renumbered the 21st in 2016, and she has represented the 22nd again since 2023. In the 119th Congress she sits on the Committee on Appropriations, where she is ranking member of the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, and she chairs the Elect Democratic Women PAC.
Florida's 23rd congressional district, which covers parts of Broward County and southern Palm Beach County, is held by Democrat Jared Moskowitz, who is running in the 25th district in 2026.
Lois Frankel, the incumbent in the 22nd district, redesignated her campaign to the 23rd in May 2026 and won the Democratic primary with 74.7% of the vote over attorney Victoria Doyle and Mark Piper.
Her Republican opponent is Deborah Adeimy, a financial advisor who ran for the 22nd district in 2022 and 2024 and won the Republican primary with 73.7%. The general election is on November 3, 2026.
