
Former principal Pia Dandiya won 68.6% of the vote in Florida's 22nd district Democratic primary. She now faces Republican Casey Askar in November.
Pia Dandiya, a former high school principal, won the Democratic primary for Florida's 22nd congressional district on Tuesday. She took 68.6% of the vote against lawyer Kaysia Earley's 31.4%, according to election results.
Dandiya will face Republican Casey Askar, a Marine veteran, in the November general election. The district was created in redistricting and has no incumbent.
"Thank you, FL-22, for believing in this campaign," Dandiya said on X. "Together, we will keep building a movement to lower costs, end corruption, and make Washington work for us again."
The Democratic National Committee congratulated Dandiya. "As an educator and longtime leader, Pia has dedicated herself to expanding opportunity," the DNC said in a statement.
Dandiya, a first-generation American born in Palm Beach County, started as a teacher and became a high school principal in Harlem at age 28 – one of the youngest in the country. She founded a high school where every graduate earned college admission despite 86% coming from low-income households.
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