Republican congressional candidate Scott Singer is putting Democrat Rep. Jared Moskowitz on notice: the moderate mask is coming off.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, the former Boca Raton mayor argued that Moskowitz's carefully cultivated image as a centrist and reliable ally of Israel does not survive contact with his actual voting record — which, according to Singer, tracks with the most radical members of the Democrat caucus on nearly every consequential vote.
"Well, it is a tough cycle, but people understand the real Jared Moskowitz, one who votes with the squad 90% of the time, voted to put [Rep.] Ilhan Omar [D-Minn.] on the Foreign Affairs Committee, has passed no bills in Congress, but traded $4.5 million worth of stocks since he's been there," Singer told Fox News Digital. "This district, after redistricting, is now a Republican plus five district."
That 90% figure is the number Singer wants every voter in Florida's 25th Congressional District to have in their head before they cast a ballot. It is a direct challenge to the incumbent's brand — one built on distancing himself from the progressive wing of his party while quietly siding with it when the votes are counted.
The Redrawn Map Changes Everything
The district itself has shifted under Moskowitz's feet. Redistricting has transformed FL-25 into what Singer describes as a Republican plus five seat, now stretching from Boca Raton — where he served as mayor for eight years — south to Miami Beach, where he was born, and including Fort Lauderdale, where he was raised.
"It takes in all of Boca Raton, where I was mayor for eight years, cut taxes, red tape, and crime, and goes down to Miami Beach, where I was born, and Fort Lauderdale, where I was raised," Singer continued. "Moskowitz doesn't live in the district, he's not from the district."
The residency attack is a familiar one in South Florida politics, but Singer pairs it with a demographic argument: roughly 25% of the district's voters are Jewish, and he contends they are moving more conservatively as the national Democrat Party struggles to distance itself from its socialist-adjacent flank.
"But beyond that, the Republican plus five, a trend in Jewish voters, of which we have 25% … in our district, moving more conservatively, and people who are opposed to socialism and communism, which he will not denounce, understand that this is a critical race for House leadership, and they want someone like me, a local leader with a record of results."
Singer's Pitch: Local Results vs. Washington Rhetoric
Singer's campaign is built on what he calls a record of results — a business-friendly fiscal conservatism forged in municipal government. As mayor of Boca Raton, he says, the city operated with the lowest property tax rate of any full-service city in the region, and he points to cuts in red tape and crime as evidence he can deliver the same in Washington.
He contrasted that record with Moskowitz's tenure in Congress, which he says has produced no significant legislation despite the incumbent's high profile and frequent television appearances.
"That's what we want right now in America. We want secure borders, not like the porous borders that Jared Moskowitz supported under [former] President [Joe] Biden that have increased crime and ravaged communities. They want tax relief, not the tax hike that he voted for. $4 trillion, including taxes on Social Security, tipped workers, small businesses and families that are hurting. Now he's trying to come around with a modest talk of the gas tax reduction."
The tax argument is central to Singer's closing case. He claims Moskowitz voted for a $4 trillion tax increase that would hit Social Security recipients, tipped workers, and small business owners — groups Singer says are already struggling under the weight of inflation and economic uncertainty. Moskowitz, according to Singer, is now attempting to soften his position with talk of a gas tax cut, a move the challenger frames as an election-year conversion rather than a genuine shift.
Israel: A Shared Label, A Contested Reality
Both candidates position themselves as strong supporters of Israel — a near-necessity in a district with a significant Jewish population. But Singer argues that Moskowitz's membership in the modern Democrat Party undermines any claim to effective pro-Israel advocacy, particularly given his vote to place Rep. Ilhan Omar on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
That vote, Singer says, is disqualifying for anyone who claims to stand with the Jewish state. Omar's history of comments widely condemned as antisemitic has made her a lightning rod, and Republicans have used her committee assignment as a cudgel against Democrats in swing districts ever since.
Singer's campaign is betting that Jewish voters — and moderates of all stripes — will prioritize those votes over party loyalty. Whether that bet pays off will depend on how effectively Moskowitz can separate himself from the national party's leftward drift.
Our Take
Jared Moskowitz has spent his time in Congress trying to have it both ways: presenting himself as a reasonable moderate while casting votes that align him with the most radical voices in his party. Scott Singer just called that bluff.
The 90% figure is devastating not because it is surprising — it is not, to anyone paying attention — but because it is simple. It cuts through the carefully managed press releases and the cable news hits. It tells voters in Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale exactly who they are getting when they pull the lever for the incumbent.
And the timing matters. Redistricting has turned this seat redder. Jewish voters are paying closer attention to which candidates actually stand with Israel and which ones just say they do. The national Democrat Party's refusal to denounce socialism outright — and Moskowitz's own refusal to do the same — gives Singer an opening that a lesser candidate might squander.
Singer's record as mayor is the counterweight. He cut taxes, cut crime, and cut red tape in a city he knows block by block. That is the kind of retail politics that still works in Florida, particularly against a congressman who does not even live in the district he represents.
Moskowitz will have money, name recognition, and the advantages of incumbency. But he also has a voting record. And in a Republican plus five district, with a challenger who can speak the language of the community, that record is a liability he cannot easily explain away.
The race for Florida's 25th is now on the national radar. The question for voters is straightforward: Do you want a congressman who votes with the squad 90% of the time, or a mayor who actually delivered for your community? Patriots in South Florida should be watching this one closely — and holding Moskowitz accountable for every vote he hoped no one would notice.
