
Neither Republican lives in their district, but that didn’t seem to blunt their path to primary victory. Patronis, whose family runs a famed restaurant in Panama City, has been a mainstay in Panhandle politics who spent time in the Florida Legislature before then-Gov. Rick Scott appointed him to his state post. Patronis subsequently won two statewide elections and had been mulling a run for governor before jumping into the race for Congress. Gaetz, who easily won a fifth term last November, stepped down after Trump picked him to be attorney...