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'{{Short description|American politician (born 1989)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Anna Paulina Luna | image = Anna Paulina Luna.jpg | state = [[Florida]] | district = {{ushr|FL|13|13th}} | term_start = January 3, 2023 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Charlie Crist]] | successor = | birth_name = Anna Paulina Mayerhofer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|5|6}} | birth_place = [[Santa Ana, California]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = Andrew Gamberzky | education = [[University of West Florida]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]]) | website = {{URL|https://luna.house.gov/|House website}} | branch = {{Air force|United States}} | serviceyears = 2009–2014 | mawards = [[Air Force Achievement Medal]] | caption = Official portrait, 2022 | children = 1 }} '''Anna Paulina Luna''' (née '''Mayerhofer'''; born May 6, 1989) is an American politician and activist serving as the U.S. representative from [[Florida's 13th congressional district]] since 2023. ==Family and early life== Anna Paulina Mayerhofer was born in 1989 to George Mayerhofer, an [[architect]], and Monica Todd, an elementary school teacher and stay-at-home mother, in [[Santa Ana, California]].<ref name="TampaBay">{{cite news |last1=Solomon |first1=Josh |date=January 5, 2023 |title=The evolution of Anna Paulina Luna, Republican candidate for Congress |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/pinellas/2020/10/11/the-evolution-of-anna-paulina-luna-republican-candidate-for-congress/ |work=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210205524/https://www.tampabay.com/news/pinellas/2020/10/11/the-evolution-of-anna-paulina-luna-republican-candidate-for-congress/ |archive-date=February 10, 2023 |url-status=live |quote=But much about Luna, 31...}}</ref><ref name="Alemany 2023b">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/10/anna-paulina-luna-republican-biography/ |title=The Making of Anna Paulina Luna |date=February 10, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url-status=live |url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210150015/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/10/anna-paulina-luna-republican-biography/ |archive-date=February 10, 2023 | first1=Jacqueline |last1=Alemany |first2=Alice |last2=Crites |first3=Souad |last3=Mekhennet |first4=Isaac |last4=Stanley-Becker |first5=Ruby |last5=Cramer | quote=Luna was born Anna Paulina Mayerhofer in 1989 in Santa Ana, Calif. Her father, George Mayerhofer, was a drug addict, according to Luna and other family members, and he and Luna's mother never married.}}</ref><ref name="Cramer 2022">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/08/anna-paulina-luna-congress-instagram-maga/ |title=Anna Paulina Luna throws a coming-out party for new MAGA generation |last1=Cramer |first1=Ruby |date=November 8, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=November 11, 2022}}</ref> Her mother has [[Mexican Americans|Mexican-American]] ancestry and her father has Mexican and German ancestry. Her paternal grandfather was born in Germany and, according to family, [[conscription|drafted]] into the [[Wehrmacht]] during [[World War II]] and two of her maternal great-grandparents also served in the [[United States Armed Forces]] during the same war. Her maternal great-grandfather was an [[American immigration to Mexico|American immigrant to Mexico]].<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /> Luna's parents never married; her mother married another man when Luna was about eight years old. Luna was raised in the [[California]] cities of [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]], [[Irvine, California|Irvine]], [[Aliso Viejo, California|Aliso Viejo]], and [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]], and has called [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] her hometown.<ref name="bikinimag">{{cite magazine | last=Mayerhofer |first=Anna Paulina |date=August 2014 |title=Anna Paulina Mayerhofer |url=https://www.bikini-magazine.com/spreads/2014/08/PDF.pdf |magazine=Bikini Magazine |page=35 |quote=Originally from Santa Monica, California. I recently got out of the military in January after 5 years of service to pursue my medical education . . . . I have made my personal goal to have traveled to 20 countries before my 25th birthday and this december I will have completed it. I grew up pretty much a tomboy}}</ref> She attended high school in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]].{{r|TampaBay|quote=Luna attended six high schools before earning her diploma and recalled being pulled out of one by her mother after a gang shooting left one of her classmates dead.}}<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /> Luna has a brother and a sister.<ref name="Americanos" /> ==Early career and education== Luna served as an airfield management specialist in the [[U.S. Air Force]] from 2009 to 2014, first at [[Whiteman Air Force Base]] in [[Missouri]] and then at [[Hurlburt Field]] in Florida. While enlisted, she appeared in 2013 in [[SI.com]]'s Friday's P.M. Hot Clicks and briefly worked as a cocktail waitress<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Stripper Anna Paulina Luna (Mayerhoffer) to Join "DC Draino" for TPUSA Pep Rally |url=http://www.orlandolocalnews.com/former-stripper-anna-paulina-luna-mayerhoffer-to-join-dc-draino-for-tpusa-pep-rally |newspaper=Orlando Local News |access-date=6 June 2023 |date=15 July 2022}}</ref> at the Red Rose Gentlemen's Club, a [[strip club]] in [[Fort Walton Beach, Florida]]. She later appeared as a "Hometown Hottie" for Fort Walton Beach in ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' in 2014.<ref name="TampaBay" /><ref name="Alemany 2023b" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Traina |first1=Jimmy |title=Friday's P.M. Hot Clicks |url=https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2013/08/09/atlanta-braves-win-13-in-a-row-since-opening-waffle-house |date=August 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109190133/https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2013/08/09/atlanta-braves-win-13-in-a-row-since-opening-waffle-house#gid=ci0255c6e49008279d&pid=amp-5jpg |archive-date=November 9, 2022 |access-date=November 9, 2022 |work=[[SI.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=19 April 2014 |title=Maxim Hometown Hotties |url=http://www.maxim.com/hometown-hotties/anna-fort-walton-fl |magazine=Maxim |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419082444/http://www.maxim.com/hometown-hotties/anna-fort-walton-fl/ |archive-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref><ref name="instagramwapo">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/08/anna-paulina-luna-congress-instagram-maga/ |title=Anna Paulina Luna throws a coming-out party for new MAGA generation |first=Ruby |last=Cramer |date=November 8, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://floridapolitics.com/archives/455163-a-tough-conversation-with-anna-paulina-luna/ |title=A tough conversation with Anna Paulina Luna |first=Peter |last=Schorsch |date=September 5, 2021 |work=Florida Politics |publisher=Extensive Enterprises Media}}</ref> Luna gained a following as an [[Instagram]] influencer.<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /><ref name="okaloosa">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nwfdailynews.com/story/business/2022/04/07/mary-esthers-club-51-strip-club-sold-may-become-brazilian-restaurant/9482665002/ |title=From strip club to Brazilian restaurant? Mary Esther's Club 51 building has been sold. |first=Tom |last=McLaughlin |date=April 7, 2022 |work=[[Northwest Florida Daily News]]}}</ref> In 2017, Luna earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from the [[University of West Florida]].<ref name="TampaBay" /> Luna became the Director of Hispanic Engagement for [[Turning Point USA]] in 2018.<ref name="rebellion">{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Kirby |date=January 5, 2023 |title=Anna Paulina Luna is at the center of the conservative rebellion in Congress |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/01/05/anna-paulina-luna-is-center-conservative-rebellion-congress/ |work=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116195105/https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/01/05/anna-paulina-luna-is-center-conservative-rebellion-congress/ |archive-date=January 16, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> In a November 2018 [[Fox News]] segment, she compared [[Hillary Clinton]] to [[herpes]], leading the network to cut the segment short and host [[Rick Leventhal]] and anchor [[Arthel Neville]] to apologize to viewers.<ref name="herpes">{{cite news |last1=Horton |first1=Alex |date=November 24, 2018 |title='She's like herpes,' a Fox News guest said of Hillary Clinton. The network apologized. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2018/11/23/shes-like-herpes-fox-news-guest-said-hillary-clinton-network-apologized/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207043537/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2018/11/23/shes-like-herpes-fox-news-guest-said-hillary-clinton-network-apologized/ |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, Luna was featured in the [[PragerU]] documentary-style series ''Americanos''.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title= PragerU's new series 'Americanos' spotlights 'freedom-loving' American Latinos who 'reject the lies of the Left'|url=https://www.prageru.com/press/pragerus-new-series-americanos-spotlights-freedom-loving-american-latinos |location= |publisher=[[PragerU]] |agency= |date=April 24, 2020 |access-date=2023-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002074646/https://www.prageru.com/press/pragerus-new-series-americanos-spotlights-freedom-loving-american-latinos |archive-date=October 2, 2022}}</ref> Later that year, she appeared at a [[We Build the Wall]] event as vice president of Bienvenido, an organization dedicated to conservative Hispanic outreach.<ref name="bienvenido">{{cite news |last1=Solomon |first1=Josh |date=August 25, 2020 |title=Congressional candidate Anna Paulina Luna hosted panel at We Build The Wall event |url=https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/08/25/congressional-candidate-anna-paulina-luna-hosted-panel-at-we-build-the-wall-event/ |work=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107044559/https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/08/25/congressional-candidate-anna-paulina-luna-hosted-panel-at-we-build-the-wall-event/ |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> ==U.S. House of Representatives== ===Elections=== ====2020 ==== {{Main|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 13}} Luna decided to run for Congress in 2018. She entered the Republican primary for [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 13|Florida's 13th congressional district]] in September 2019, and [[Matt Gaetz]] endorsed her in November 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/11/05/matt-gaetz-endorses-anna-paulina-luna-a-republican-running-for-congress-in-st-pete/ |title=Matt Gaetz endorses Anna Paulina Luna, a Republican running for Congress in St. Pete |last=Contorno |first=Steve |date=November 5, 2019 |work=[[The Tampa Bay Times]] |access-date=February 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107044603/https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/11/05/matt-gaetz-endorses-anna-paulina-luna-a-republican-running-for-congress-in-st-pete/ |archive-date=January 7, 2023}}</ref> She was also endorsed by [[Charlie Kirk]], [[Elise Stefanik]], [[Students for Trump]], and former [[St. Petersburg, Florida]] mayor [[Bill Foster (mayor)|Bill Foster]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/08/13/its-the-gop-vs-trump-republicans-in-primary-for-floridas-13th-congressional-district/ |title=It's the GOP vs. Trump Republicans in primary for Florida's 13th Congressional District |last=Contorno |first=Steve |date=August 13, 2020 |work=[[The Tampa Bay Times]] |access-date=February 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108214722/https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/08/13/its-the-gop-vs-trump-republicans-in-primary-for-floridas-13th-congressional-district/ |archive-date=November 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elevate-pac.com/2020/09/10/stefaniks-e-pac-endorses-six-new-rising-star-gop-women-candidates/|title=STEFANIK'S E-PAC ENDORSES SIX NEW "RISING STAR" GOP WOMEN CANDIDATES|date=September 10, 2020|access-date=September 11, 2020|archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913080222/https://elevate-pac.com/2020/09/10/stefaniks-e-pac-endorses-six-new-rising-star-gop-women-candidates/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In July 2020, she and her husband purchased a house in St. Petersburg, near [[MacDill Air Force Base]], where her husband was stationed.<ref name="TampaBay" /> Luna won the Republican primary, but lost to incumbent Democrat [[Charlie Crist]] in the general election.{{r|Solomon_20200818}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Florida Department of State Division of Elections November 3, 2020 General Election |url=https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/3/2020&DATAMODE= |publisher=[[Secretary of State of Florida]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227221033/https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/3/2020&DATAMODE= |archive-date=December 27, 2022}}</ref> ====2022 ==== {{Main|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 13}} Luna was elected as the U.S. representative for [[Florida's 13th congressional district]] in the [[2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 13|2022 election]], defeating Democratic nominee Eric Lynn, a former senior advisor for [[Barack Obama]]. Before the Republican primary, another Republican candidate privately threatened to have her assassinated by a hit squad.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Caputo |first1=Mark |title=In secret recording, Florida Republican threatens to send Russian-Ukrainian 'hit squad' after rival |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/17/secret-recording-florida-republican-threat-hit-squad-494976 |website=[[Politico]] |access-date=18 February 2023 |date=June 17, 2021}}</ref> In June 2021, Luna was granted a temporary [[stalking]] injunction against her primary opponent, William Braddock, after a friend of Luna's recorded Braddock threatening to make Luna "disappear" and claiming he had "access to a hit squad, too, Ukrainians and Russians". Braddock dropped out of the race after the judge granted the temporary injunction. The judge dismissed the request for a permanent injunction, saying she found one instance of harassment when the law required two.<ref name="braddockinjunction">{{cite news |last1=Ellenbogen |first1=Romy |last2=Weber |first2=Natalie |date=September 25, 2021 |title=Tampa Bay judge dismisses Anna Paulina Luna stalking injunction against Braddock |work=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/09/24/tampa-bay-judge-dismisses-anna-paulina-luna-stalking-injunction-against-braddock/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213145226/https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/09/24/tampa-bay-judge-dismisses-anna-paulina-luna-stalking-injunction-against-braddock/ |archive-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> [[Donald Trump]] endorsed Luna,<ref>{{Cite news |first=Daniel |last=Molina |date=November 17, 2021 |title=Trump Will Host Fundraiser for Anna Paulina Luna |url=https://floridianpress.com/2021/11/trump-will-host-fundraiser-for-anna-paulina-luna/ |access-date=August 23, 2022 |work=The Floridian}}</ref> and [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] campaigned for her in Florida.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Gabby|last=Deutch|date=November 2, 2022 |title=An MTG ally takes on a moderate Jewish Democrat in FL-13 |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2022/11/florida-anna-paulina-luna-marjorie-taylor-greene-eric-lynn/ |access-date=February 16, 2023 |work=[[Jewish Insider]]}}</ref> She is the first [[Mexican Americans|Mexican-American]] woman elected to Congress from [[Florida]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23487995/latino-house-congress-2022-midterms-representation-political-power |title=Meet the new class of Latinos in Congress |first1=Christian |last1=Paz |date=December 3, 2022 |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] | access-date = February 11, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106060307/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23487995/latino-house-congress-2022-midterms-representation-political-power |archive-date=January 6, 2023 |url-status=live |quote=In Florida, Anna Paulina Luna of the state’s redrawn 13th District picked up the seat vacated by Charlie Crist, the failed Democratic gubernatorial candidate. [...] She also made history by being the first Mexican American woman elected to represent Florida in Congress.}}</ref> ===Tenure=== During the [[January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election|January 2023 Speaker of the House election]], Luna voted against [[Kevin McCarthy]] on the first 11 ballots, instead nominating Representative [[Jim Jordan]] and later Representative [[Byron Donalds]].{{r|Ivory_20230104_NYT}} In May 2023, Luna co-sponsored resolutions by [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] to [[Federal impeachment in the United States|impeach]] Attorney General [[Merrick Garland]],<ref>{{cite web |title=H.Res.410 – Impeaching Merrick Brian Garland, Attorney General of the United States, for facilitating the weaponization and politicization of the United States justice system against the American people. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/410/cosponsors?s=4&r=81 |website=Congress.gov |publisher=United States Congress |access-date=25 May 2023}}</ref> [[FBI]] Director [[Christopher A. Wray|Christopher Wray]],<ref>{{cite web |title=H.Res.406 – Impeaching Christopher Asher Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for facilitating the development of a Federal police force to intimidate, harass, and entrap American citizens that are deemed enemies of the Biden regime. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/406/cosponsors?s=4&r=82 |website=Congress.gov |publisher=United States Congress |access-date=25 May 2023}}</ref> [[Secretary of Homeland Security]] [[Alejandro Mayorkas]],<ref>{{cite web |title=H.Res.411 – Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/411/cosponsors?s=4&r=80 |website=Congress.gov |publisher=United States Congress |access-date=25 May 2023}}</ref> and U.S. Attorney for D.C. [[Matthew M. Graves]].<ref>{{cite web |title=H.Res.405 – Impeaching Matthew M. Graves, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, for endangering, compromising, and undermining the justice system of the United States by facilitating the explosion of violent crime in the Nation's capital. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/405/cosponsors?s=4&r=83 |website=Congress.gov |publisher=United States Congress}}</ref> Additionally in May 2023, Luna sponsored a resolution to have [[Adam Schiff]] removed from Congress and fined $16&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|first=Hanna|last=Kang|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lawmaker-with-southern-california-roots-moves-to-expel-rep-adam-schiff-from-congress/ar-AA1bps75 |title=Lawmaker with Southern California roots moves to expel Rep. Adam Schiff from Congress|newspaper=[[Orange County Register]]|date=May 19, 2023}}</ref> ===Caucus memberships=== * [[Freedom Caucus]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 10, 2022 |title=Full list of Freedom Caucus Members after 2022 midterms results |url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-house-freedom-caucus-full-list-members-after-midterms-results-1758547 |access-date=December 3, 2022 |magazine=[[Newsweek]]}}</ref> ===Committee assignments=== For the [[118th United States Congress|118th Congress]]:<ref>{{cite web |title=Anna Paulina Luna |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/L000596 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=3 May 2023}}</ref> * '''[[United States House Committee on Natural Resources|Committee on Natural Resources]]''' ** [[United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations|Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations]] ** [[United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries|Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries]] * '''[[United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability|Committee on Oversight and Accountability]]''' ** [[United States House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation|Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation]] ** [[United States House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs|Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs]] ** [[United States House Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services|Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services]] ==Political positions== ===2020 presidential election=== In June 2022, Luna said of the [[2020 United States presidential election]], "I believe that [[Donald Trump|President Trump]] won that election, and I do believe that voter fraud occurred." The previous month, she attended a [[Red carpet#Publicity events|red carpet]] event and screening of ''[[2000 Mules]]'', a film that claims to show evidence of [[Stop the Steal|widespread electoral fraud in the 2020 election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/most-candidates-who-think-2020-was-rigged-was-are-probably-going-to-win-in-november/ |title=Most Candidates Who Think 2020 Was Rigged Are Probably Going To Win In November |last=Rogers |first=Kaleigh |date=October 25, 2022 |website=[[FiveThirtyEight]] |access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref> She authored the 2023 Christian children's book, ''The Legend of Naranja'', which suggests that Biden stole the 2020 election.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Metzger |first=Bryan |date=2023 |title=I read Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's children's book based on the 2020 election. It suggests Joe Biden's election victory wasn't legitimate and underscores that election denialism is never really going away. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/anna-paulina-luna-2020-election-children-book-trump-naranja-biden-2023-11 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> ===Abortion=== Luna has said she favors [[abortion ban]]s, and has called herself a "[[pro-life]] extremist".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-ron-desantis-legislature-st-petersburg-congress-d0797e4acae6536ba7e20cd1f5641627 |title=Amid GOP gains, Dem Frost is 1st Gen Zer to win House seat |last=Anderson |first=Curt |date=November 8, 2022 |website=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/02/new-class-combative-maga-candidates-poised-roil-house-gop/ |title=New class of combative MAGA candidates poised to roil House GOP |last1=Arnsdorf |first1=Isaac |last2=Sotomayor |first2=Marianna |date=November 2, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref> She has said her anti-abortion stance originates from having dissected a chicken egg in college and seeing the chick react to a scalpel blade: "God was using that opportunity to really wake me up."<ref name="Cramer 2022" /> ===Economy=== In an August 2022 interview, Luna said that she would support a ban on [[List of countries by oil exports|U.S. oil exports]] to increase the domestic oil supply, saying, "The United States has literally one of the biggest supplies of cleanest oil in the entire world. There's no reason why we need to be going to places like Saudi Arabia or even Venezuela to get those oil sources." She said this view belonged to an "[[America First (policy)|America First]]" platform, adding, "If it means not selling to other countries so that here in the United States, we can literally lower the gas prices, that's what I agree with."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fox13news.com/news/one-on-one-with-anna-paulina-luna-her-views-on-banning-oil-exports-pork-infrastructure-spending-vaccines |title=One-on-one with Anna Paulina Luna: Her views on banning oil exports, 'pork' infrastructure spending, vaccines |last=Patrick |first=Craig |date=August 12, 2022 |website=[[Fox 13 Tampa Bay]] |access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref> Luna has said tourism is one of her highest priorities due to its importance in her district.<ref name="tourism">{{cite web | access-date=2023-02-20 | date=2023 | title=Environment | website=Congresswoman Anna Luna | url=http://luna.house.gov/issues/environment}}</ref> Luna was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the [[Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023]] in the House.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4029522-republicans-and-democrats-who-bucked-party-leaders-by-voting-no/|title=Republicans and Democrats who bucked party leaders by voting no|first=Jared|last=Gans|date=May 31, 2023|access-date=June 6, 2023|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref> ===Education=== Luna's website states that she [[Anti-gender movement|opposes]] "radical left-wing gender theory being pushed on our kids".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.voteannapaulina.com/platform|title=Anna's Platform |website=Anna Paulina Luna for Congress |access-date=November 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110235739/https://www.voteannapaulina.com/platform |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2022/10/17/eric-lynn-congress-anna-paulina-luna-republican-endorsement-democrat/ |title=Some Pinellas Republicans endorse Democrat Eric Lynn for Congress over Luna |last=Ellenbogen |first=Romy |date=October 17, 2022 |work=[[The Tampa Bay Times]] |access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref> ===Gun control=== Luna appeared on the February/March 2020 cover of ''Ballistic'' magazine, which called her "DC's Next [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|2A]] Warrior".<ref name="ballistic">{{cite news |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/pinellas/2020/10/11/the-evolution-of-anna-paulina-luna-republican-candidate-for-congress/|title=The evolution of Anna Paulina Luna, Republican candidate for Congress |last=Solomon |first=Josh |date=October 11, 2020 |work=[[The Tampa Bay Times]] |access-date=February 20, 2023}}</ref> In February 2023, she was one of several members of Congress seen wearing [[AR-15 style rifle|AR-15]] rifle lapel pins.<ref name="lapel">{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/6253690/ar-15-pins-congress/|title=Why Some Members of Congress Are Wearing AR-15 Assault Rifle Pins |last=Kohli |first=Anisha |date=February 7, 2023 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=February 20, 2023}}</ref> ===Twitter=== In September 2020, Luna threatened to sue [[Twitter]] because the company refused to verify her account, alleging "political prejudice" and calling it "election meddling",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/elections/2020/09/16/congressional-candidate-anna-paulina-luna-threatens-to-sue-twitter-over-blue-check-mark/ |title=Congressional candidate Anna Paulina Luna threatens to sue Twitter over blue check mark |last=Solomon |first=Josh |date=November 4, 2020|work=[[The Tampa Bay Times]] |access-date=February 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105034754/https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/elections/2020/09/16/congressional-candidate-anna-paulina-luna-threatens-to-sue-twitter-over-blue-check-mark/ |archive-date=January 5, 2023}}</ref> and in October 2020, Luna's campaign said it filed a complaint with the [[Federal Election Commission|FEC]] over Twitter's refusal to verify Luna's account. The FEC complaint said that Twitter violated the [[equal time rule]] by verifying [[Charlie Crist]] but not Luna and asked the FEC to force Twitter to verify Luna's account.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2020/10/14/anna-paulina-luna-files-elections-complaint-against-twitter-over-verification/ |title=Anna Paulina Luna files elections complaint against Twitter over verification |last=Solomon |first=Josh |date=October 14, 2020|work=[[The Tampa Bay Times]] |access-date=February 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212000748/https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2020/10/14/anna-paulina-luna-files-elections-complaint-against-twitter-over-verification/ |archive-date=December 12, 2022}}</ref> During a combative [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability|House of Representatives Oversight Committtee]] hearing on February 8, 2023, Luna alleged that Twitter, the federal government, "leftist nonprofits", and potentially the [[Democratic National Committee]] had acted jointly to censor Americans in November 2020 through the [[Jira (software)|Jira]] project management platform, and that it violated the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republican-led-us-house-panel-probes-twitter-block-hunter-biden-story-2023-02-08/ |title=Former Twitter execs tell Republicans they erred on Hunter Biden laptop story |last=Morgan |first=David |date=February 8, 0223|work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=February 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212101600/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republican-led-us-house-panel-probes-twitter-block-hunter-biden-story-2023-02-08/ |archive-date=February 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ2fV-XnLk0 |title='Mr. Roth, I'm Going To Refresh Your Memory For You': Luna Confronts Ex-Twitter Executive |access-date=February 12, 2023 |website=YouTube |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210202507/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ2fV-XnLk0 |archive-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref> ===Foreign policy=== In 2023, Luna was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President [[Joe Biden]] to remove U.S. troops from [[Syria]] within 180 days.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h136 |title=H.Con.Res. 21: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of … – House Vote #136 |date=March 8, 2023 |website=[[GovTrack]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=House Votes Down Bill Directing Removal of Troops From Syria |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |date=8 March 2023 |url=http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-03-08/house-votes-down-bill-directing-removal-of-troops-from-syria |access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref> That same year Luna was among 52 Republicans who voted in favor H.Con.Res. 30, which would remove American troops from Somalia.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.rollcall.com/2023/04/27/house-rejects-gaetz-resolution-to-remove-us-troops-from-somalia/ |title=House rejects Gaetz resolution to remove US troops from Somalia |date=April 27, 2023 |work=[[Roll Call]] |access-date=May 9, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h201 |title=H.Con.Res. 30: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of … – House Vote #201 |date=April 27, 2023 |website=[[GovTrack]] |access-date=May 9, 2023}}</ref> Luna is a cosponsor of the [[Ukraine Fatigue Resolution]] (H.Res.113), sponsored by Florida Representative [[Matt Gaetz]]. The bill would suspend all [[US military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War|US foreign aid to Ukraine for the War in Ukraine]] and demand that all combatants in this conflict reach a peace agreement immediately.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cappabianca |first1=Corina |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2023/02/23/florida-rep--matt-gatez-introduces--ukraine-fatigue--bill-to-cut-country-s-aid |title=Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz introduces 'Ukraine Fatigue' resolution |access-date=July 19, 2023 |work=[[NY1]] |date=February 23, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, Luna was among 98 Republicans to vote for a ban on [[Convention on Cluster Munitions|cluster munitions]] to [[Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Fortinsky |first=Sarah |title=Almost 50 Democrats Snub Biden with Vote against Cluster Bombs for Ukraine |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=14 July 2023 |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4097677-almost-50-democrats-snub-biden-with-vote-against-cluster-bombs-for-ukraine/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=H.Amdt. 243 (Greene) to H.R. 2670: To Prohibit Cluster Munitions ... -- House Vote #317 |date=July 13, 2023 |website=[[GovTrack]] |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h317 |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref> The same year, Luna voted for a moratorium on aid to [[Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web |title=On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 11 to H R ... -- House Vote #304 |date=July 13, 2023 |website=[[GovTrack]] |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h304 |access-date=13 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Metzger |first=Bryan |title=Here Are the 70 House Republicans Who Voted to Cut off All US Military Aid to Ukraine |work=[[Business Insider]] |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/which-house-republicans-voted-gaetz-end-military-aid-ukraine-2023-7 |date=14 July 2023}}</ref> ==Disputed biographical claims== ===Religious and ethnic background=== Luna has claimed her father raised her to follow [[Messianic Judaism]], an evangelical movement that incorporates Jewish traditions into Protestant Christianity, and that she is "a small fraction [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi]]".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Deutch |first=Gabby |date=2022-11-02 |title=An MTG ally takes on a moderate Jewish Democrat in FL-13 |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2022/11/florida-anna-paulina-luna-marjorie-taylor-greene-eric-lynn/ |access-date=2023-02-11 |work=[[Jewish Insider]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Nadeem">{{Cite web |last=Nadeem |first=Reem |date=2023-01-03 |title=Faith on the Hill |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2023/01/03/faith-on-the-hill-2023/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=[[Pew Research Center]]'s Religion & Public Life Project |language=en-US}}</ref> Members of her extended family have said her father was Catholic and that "they were not aware of him practicing any form of Judaism while Luna was growing up".<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /> Her mother has said that Luna's father was a "Christian that embraced the Messianic faith" after getting clean from drug addiction. Her grandfather, Heinrich Mayerhofer, identified as Catholic when he immigrated to Canada in 1954.<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /> In 2020, Luna claimed in a [[PragerU]] documentary that her "entire mother's side of the family and father's side of the family on both sides are from Mexico".<ref name="Americanos">{{Cite episode |title=Americanos: Anna Paulina Luna, Mexico |episode-link= |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4mUAjGTiQI|access-date=February 15, 2023 |series=Americanos |series-link= |first= |last= |network=[[PragerU]] |station= |date=April 29, 2020 |season= |series-no= |number= |minutes= |time= |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote="My entire mother's side of the family and father's side of the family on both sides are from Mexico" |language=}}</ref> Her paternal grandfather, however, was German.<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /> ===Difficult childhood=== Luna has said that she "grew up in the welfare system" and was raised by her mother on government assistance with "no family to rely on". Her father was a drug addict, and she has said that at the age of 10 she found his bag of [[Methamphetamine#Recreational|meth]] and was raised in a "broken home mentality".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lane |first1=Wendi |title=Anna Paulina Luna projected winner of Congressional District 13 seat|url=https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/election-2022/anna-paulina-luna-projected-winner-of-congressional-district-13-seat |website=[[WFTS-TV]] |access-date=20 February 2023 |date=November 9, 2022 |quote=I grew up in the welfare system and know the price of a buck}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Otten |first1=Tori |title=MAGA Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Jewish Heritage. Her Family Says That's Not True. |url=https://newrepublic.com/post/170542/maga-republican-rep-anna-paulina-luna-jewish-heritage-family-says-not-true |magazine=The New Republic |access-date=18 February 2023 |date=February 10, 2023 |quote=Luna's claim that she was 'raised as a Messianic Jew by her father' directly contradicts another refrain of hers: that her mother raised her alone with 'no family to rely on.' Other family members have also said that Luna was always with them and supported by an extended family network growing up.}}</ref> She has said that her grandmother died of [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] due to heroin use.{{r|TampaBay|quote=Luna's parents never married. She remembers being a kid and getting jail calls from her father. She once said she found a meth bag when she was 10.}}<ref name="Americanos" /> Luna has claimed that she and her mother lacked "a strong extended network of people" who could help care for them,<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /> and that she had attended "over six high schools" before graduating.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} Luna's cousin has said, "The whole family kind of raised her—my dad was a part of her life when she was younger and we all kind of coddled her ... She was always a part of everything, all these family gatherings and activities". Luna's aunt said, "She had everything. What she needed and more ... And not only did [Luna's mother] provide for her, but [Luna's grandfather] did, too".<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /> Luna has disputed these accounts, saying she "barely spent any time with them in her entire life". Luna's mother said she had to rely on welfare for periods of time, especially while she was putting herself through college at the [[University of California, Irvine]] and then at the [[UCLA School of Law]], and that she was the only source of meaningful financial support for the family.<ref name="people">{{cite news |last1=Eskind |first1=Amy |title=New Right-Wing Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Responds to Recent Claims That She Fabricated Portions of Her Past |url=https://people.com/politics/anna-paulina-luna-responds-washington-post-allegations/ |access-date=February 20, 2023 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=February 14, 2023}}</ref> Air Force members who served with Luna in Missouri said she wore designer clothing and that she had mentioned having nannies as a child.<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /> Luna's mother said she owned a designer coat she bought at a thrift store and was known to wear it frequently, and that the idea of her having had nannies is "preposterous".<ref name="people" /> ===Father's incarceration=== Luna's campaign website biography says that throughout her childhood and teenage years, her father "spent time in and out of incarceration", and that she communicated with him "through letters to jail and collect calls".<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /> Luna's mother and aunt said that he served several short stints in jail for not paying child support. Luna's mother also said that he spent at least one year in jail for a drug-related charge.<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /> A dismissed misdemeanor drug possession case indicated that Luna's father was in custody around the time of two court appearances, but the case information did not specify the length of his confinement, and court proceedings lasted only about three months.<ref name="people" /> ===Home break-in=== In 2019, Luna said that she suffered "enduring trauma" after experiencing a "home invasion" by her landlord at 4 a.m. while stationed at [[Whiteman Air Force Base]]. "Had my friend Jeremy not been there to protect me, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be standing right here in front of you guys right now."<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /> Luna's roommate said she did not remember such an incident. Instead, the roommate recalled a daytime break-in when Luna was not home. A [[Warrensburg, Missouri|Warrensburg]] Police Department report described the July 2010 incident as a "burglary not in progress". The report states that Luna and her roommate had reported to their landlord that the home's rear door had repeatedly been left open, so the landlord installed new locks, deadbolts and latches, but the problem persisted. Police records indicate that no suspect was arrested or charged in the case.<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lizza |first1=Ryan |last2=Daniels |first2=Eugene |last3=Bade |first3=Michael |title=Playbook: Why one ex-envoy thinks we're getting China wrong |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2023/02/10/why-one-ex-envoy-thinks-were-getting-china-wrong-00082266 |access-date=February 12, 2023 |work=[[Politico]] |date=February 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Marcus |first1=Josh |title=The new George Santos? GOP Rep Anna Paulina Luna accused of exaggerating biography |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/george-santos-anna-paulina-luna-b2280046.html |access-date=February 12, 2023 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=February 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Otten |first1=Tori |title=MAGA Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Jewish Heritage. Her Family Says That's Not True. |url=https://newrepublic.com/post/170542/maga-republican-rep-anna-paulina-luna-jewish-heritage-family-says-not-true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211190526/https://newrepublic.com/post/170542/maga-republican-rep-anna-paulina-luna-jewish-heritage-family-says-not-true |archive-date=February 11, 2023 |url-access=subscription |access-date=February 12, 2023 |magazine=[[The New Republic]] |date=February 10, 2023}}</ref> ===Conflict with uncle=== During her first campaign for Congress in 2020, Luna sought a stalking injunction request against her uncle, Edward Mayerhofer, after he questioned her biography on social media.<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /> == Electoral history == {| border=2 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%; text-align:center;" |+ {{sronly|Electoral history of Anna Paulina Luna}} ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Year ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Office ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=3 | Primary ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=3 | General ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Result ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | [[Swing (politics)|Swing]] ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | {{abbr|Ref|Reference}}. |- ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | Total ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | % ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | {{abbr|P|Position}}. ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | Total ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | % ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | {{abbr|P|Position}}. |- | style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 13|2020]] | rowspan=2 | [[U.S. House]] | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" | | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 22,941 | 36.14% | 1st | 190,713 | 46.95% | 2nd | {{no2|Lost}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" | | '''Hold''' |<ref>Primary election:<br /> * {{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Florida Department of State Division of Elections: August 18, 2020, Primary Election |url=https://archive.today/d7QKi/f8c50522a493ed20eda72448b83b469b3c6936ba.png |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=results.elections.myflorida.com |publisher=[[Secretary of State of Florida]] |language=es |publication-place=Tallahassee}} General election:<br /> * {{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Florida Department of State Division of Elections: November 3, 2020, General Election |url=https://archive.today/ZmljR/4204bfcdcf4ff8031278b4bdc546b559bdf18555.png |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=results.elections.myflorida.com |publisher=[[Secretary of State of Florida]] |language=es |publication-place=Tallahassee}}</ref> |- | style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | [[2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 13|2022]] | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" | | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 37,156 | 44.48% | 1st | 181,487 | 53.14% | 1st | {{yes2|Won}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" | | '''Gain''' |<ref>Primary election:<br /> * {{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Florida Department of State Division of Elections: August 23, 2022, Primary Election |url=https://archive.today/fKcqB/8165483a054564b3f9ff228a82f98bb9e561677c.png |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=results.elections.myflorida.com |publisher=[[Secretary of State of Florida]] |language=es |publication-place=Tallahassee}} General election:<br /> * {{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Florida Department of State Division of Elections: November 8, 2022, General Election |url=https://archive.today/VLnWH/114837fc513339bbc50e55c494b5092d90e393c8.png |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=results.elections.myflorida.com |publisher=[[Secretary of State of Florida]] |language=es |publication-place=Tallahassee}}</ref> |- | style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=14 | '''Source:''' [[Secretary of State of Florida]] {{!}} [https://www.dos.myflorida.com/elections/data-statistics/elections-data/election-results-archive/ Election Results] |} ==Personal life== Luna is married to Andrew Gamberzky,<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /> a [[United States Air Force Combat Control Team|U.S. Air Force combat controller]].<ref name="TampaBay" /> After marriage, she changed her surname to Gamberzky.<ref name="TampaBay" /> In 2019, she took her grandmother's maiden name, Luna, to represent her Hispanic heritage.<ref name="TampaBay" /> She did this after her mother changed her name to Luna after a divorce.<ref name="people" /> Luna began describing herself as Hispanic in 2019; when she registered to vote in 2015, she marked her ethnicity as "White, not of Hispanic origin."<ref name="Alemany 2023b" /> Luna announced that she gave birth to a son on August 27, 2023.<ref>https://twitter.com/realannapaulina/status/1695984906856235229</ref> ==Books== Luna has authored two books: * ''Marrying the Beret: The Untold Stories of US Special Operations'', [[Post Hill Press]], 2018, {{ISBN|978-0578432755}} * ''Bringing them Home: The Untold Cost of Putting Missions First'', [[Post Hill Press]], 2021, {{ISBN|978-1637580189}} ==See also== *[[List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress]] * [[Madison Cawthorn]], former North Carolina congressman found to have significantly misrepresented his personal history * [[Andy Ogles]], Tennessee congressman found to have significantly misrepresented his educational and work history * [[Douglas R. Stringfellow]], former Utah congressman found to have significantly misrepresented his personal & military history ==References== {{Notelist}} {{reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="Solomon_20200818">{{cite news | last1 = Solomon | first1 = Josh | date = 2020-08-18 | title = Anna Paulina Luna wins 13th Congressional District Republican primary | url = https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/elections/2020/08/18/anna-paulina-luna-has-slim-lead-in-13th-congressional-district-primary/ | url-status = live | work = [[Tampa Bay Times]] | language = en-us | eissn = 2641-4643 | issn = 2327-9052 | oclc = 5920090 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230107044457/https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/elections/2020/08/18/anna-paulina-luna-has-slim-lead-in-13th-congressional-district-primary/ | archive-date = 2023-01-07 | access-date = 2023-02-12}}</ref> <ref name="Ivory_20230104_NYT">{{cite news | last1 = Ivory | first1 = Danielle | last2 = Smart | first2 = Charlie | last3 = Yourish | first3 = Karen | others = Additional reporting by Catie Edmonson | date = 2023-01-17 | orig-date = 4 January 2023 | title = How Far Right Are the 20 Republicans Who Voted Against McCarthy? | url = https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/04/us/politics/house-speaker-republicans-vote-against-mccarthy.html | url-access = subscription | url-status = live | work = [[The New York Times]] | language = en-us | eissn = 1553-8095 | issn = 0362-4331 | lccn = sn00061556 | oclc = 1645522 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230211072042/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/04/us/politics/house-speaker-republicans-vote-against-mccarthy.html | archive-date = 2023-02-11 | access-date = 2023-02-12}}</ref> }} ==External links== {{commons category}} *[https://luna.house.gov/ Representative Anna Paulina Luna] official U.S. House website *[https://www.voteannapaulina.com/ Campaign website] *{{C-SPAN|135435}} *{{CongLinks |congbio=L000596 |fec=H0FL13158 |votesmart=191344 |congress=anna-paulina-luna/L000596}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{s-bef|before=[[Charlie Crist]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the [[List of United States representatives from Florida|U.S. House of Representatives]]<br>from [[Florida's 13th congressional district]]|years=2023–present}} {{s-inc}} |- {{s-prec|usa}} {{s-bef|before=[[Summer Lee]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Seniority in the United States House of Representatives|United States representatives by seniority]]|years=404th}} {{s-aft|after=[[Morgan Luttrell]]}} {{s-end}} {{FL-FedRep}} {{Members of the U.S. House of Representatives}} {{USCongRep-start | congresses= 118th–present [[United States Congress]]es | state=Florida}} {{USCongRep/FL/118}} {{USCongRep-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Luna, Anna Paulina}} [[Category:1989 births]] [[Category:21st-century American politicians]] [[Category:21st-century American women politicians]] [[Category:American people of German descent]] [[Category:American politicians of Mexican descent]] [[Category:Candidates in the 2020 United States elections]] [[Category:Christians from Florida]] [[Category:Female members of the United States House of Representatives]] [[Category:Florida Republicans]] [[Category:Hispanic and Latino American members of the United States Congress]] [[Category:Hispanic and Latino American military personnel]] [[Category:Hispanic and Latino American people in Florida politics]] [[Category:Hispanic and Latino American women in politics]] [[Category:Latino conservatism in the United States]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Pinellas County, Florida]] [[Category:People from Santa Ana, California]] [[Category:Politicians from Santa Monica, California]] [[Category:Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Florida]] [[Category:Social media influencers]] [[Category:United States Air Force airmen]] [[Category:University of West Florida alumni]] [[Category:Women in the United States Air Force]]'