Palm Bay Democrat Phil Moore has officially filed to challenge incumbent Republican Randy Fine in what will be a heated re-match of last years race. Currently, each candidate has no challenger in their primary races.
During last year’s race, in the general election, Fine came out the victor by a margin of 10%. Fine received 55% of the votes to Moore’s 45%.
Voter registration in District 53 is relatively even between the Republican and Democratic parties with roughly 46,000 Republicans to 43,000 Democrats. The race will likely be determined by the over 36,000 non-party affiliated voters.
Fine is a retired businessman of a successful casino consulting firm known as the Fine Point Group. He lives in Melbourne Beach. For the 2018 election he raised $326,675 and spent $276,599 on his race; a cost of $6.56 per vote received.