BRADENTON – Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-Longboat Key) easily won reelection on Tuesday night, besting Democrat Jan Schneider in a rematch from the 2016 election. Buchanan won a 22-point landslide.
Buchanan was first elected in a wide-open 2006 race that followed incumbent Republican Kathleen Harris giving up the seat to unsuccessfully challenge Senator Bill Nelson.
After winning one of the closest Congressional races in Florida history, Buchanan has now easily held onto the seat in eight straight elections, all of which have failed to see him seriously challenged.
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