FL-02: With House GOP Majority Teetering on the Brink, Florida Congressman Plans to Retire Early
Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL) is planning to announce an early retirement next week, according to Florida Politics publisher Peter Schorsch — an exit that would drag the House Republican majority out the door with him.
Dunn, 72, announced last month that he had decided “[a]fter much prayerful consideration and discussion with my family” to not seek re-election.
A former Army surgeon, Dunn was first elected in Florida’s 2nd congressional district in 2016. The seat has been heavily Republican since it was redistricted for the year Dunn first ran, preferring President Donald Trump over former Vice President Kamala Harris by a margin of 59% to 41% in 2024.
Since securing his first primary win in 2016, Dunn has coasted to easy victories each election: 67% to 30% for his Democratic opponent in 2016, 67.4% to 32.6% for the Democrat in 2018, 97.86% to 2.14% for an independent write-in candidate in 2020, 59.8% to 40.2% for the Democrat in 2022, and 61.64% to 38.36% for the Democrat in 2024.
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