Rep.-Elect Rob Long is hitting the ground running after a resounding 28-point win in the HD 90 Special Election.

The Delray Beach Democrat is carrying a raft of priorities for his constituents, including money for Delray’s historic American Legion Post 188C and for coral research and coastal resilience at The Reef Institute.

And colleagues are helping him get started.

Rep. Debra Tendrich introduced the money for the Legion Post, which Long says has been “a cornerstone of Delray’s Black history and civic life” since 1947.

He also says he will champion a PFAS reform package to reduce Floridians’ exposure to forever chemicals, a bill filed by Rep. Christine Hunschofsky , a Democrat from Parkland.

Though his late election normally would stop him from filing legislation for the 20

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