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<\/a><\/p>\nHD 100<\/a> traces the Broward coastline from southern Fort Lauderdale north to the Palm Beach County line, hugging the corridor between Federal Highway and the Atlantic. It takes in slices of Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Lighthouse Point and Deerfield Beach, plus several smaller municipalities.<\/p>\n Registration in the district skews about 5 percentage points in Republicans\u2019 favor, with third- and no-party voters accounting for a 30% share of the district\u2019s electorate.<\/p>\n Donald Trump carried the district with 53.3% of the vote in 2024, and Gov. Ron DeSantis won there by nearly 12 points two years before that.<\/p>\n Anijar, a 35-year-old corporate lawyer and U.S. Army Reserve JAG captain, was the first to file<\/a> for the HD 100 race in January 2025. He is a first-generation American, born to Israeli immigrants, and was the only candidate who reached the ballot by petition rather than pay a qualifying fee.<\/p>\n He ran on a promise to support pandemic-era accountability and strengthen election integrity, asserting in an interview with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel<\/a> that he believes the 2020 election was \u201crigged\u201d \u2014 the only candidate in the race to do so.<\/p>\n Anijar has experience with the legislative process; he completed three internships between 2011 and 2014 in the Florida House and Congress.<\/p>\n He carried endorsements from Republican National Committee Chair and state Sen. Joe Gruters, state Rep. Meg Weinberger, rumored to be a top contender for Lieutenant Governor under GOP front-runner Byron Donalds, and Broward Young Republicans, where he once served as Vice President.<\/p>\n Anijar put $235,000 of his own money into the race atop about $282,000 raised through late July, by which time he had spent roughly $211,000 of that sum, much of it on mail and advertising.<\/p>\n Opponents flagged his voter registration history; he was a Democrat until 2022 and then briefly registered with the Independent Party before joining the GOP, also in 2022.<\/p>\n Gallon, 54, built his campaign around a focus on property insurance and overdevelopment, and he offered the field\u2019s clearest break with his own party.<\/p>\n Asked where he disagrees with Republican leadership, he pointed to preemption, arguing the state has stripped too much zoning<\/a> and density authority<\/a> from counties and cities, which he said know their communities better than Tallahassee does.<\/p>\n Gallon wants stronger infrastructure impact reviews before projects break ground in Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach and Lighthouse Point, with developers rather than taxpayers covering the cost.<\/p>\n On insurance, he would seek a seat on the Insurance and Banking Subcommittee and revive HB 527<\/a>, which died in committee last Session and would require a licensed human professional to sign off on every claim denial.<\/p>\n A Bogot\u00e1 native who arrived in 1995 and founded G&G Insurance Adjusters, Gallon raised almost $19,000 and loaned himself $65,660. He had about $37,000 left by July 24.<\/p>\n Stelnicki, 59, filed<\/a> in April 2025 and raised the most outside money in the field \u2014 roughly $236,000 through his campaign account and another $201,400 through his political committee. That\u2019s on top of $122,000 in self-loans. By late last month, he had $294,000 remaining.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Becker-Print-Ads-EMPOWER_728-x-90.jpg\")
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