U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, who more than two decades ago became one of the first blacks elected to Congress from Florida since reconstruction, is battling to stay in office amid a criminal indictment and a revamped district that includes thousands of new voters.
Brown’s fate will likely be decided during the Aug. 30 primary when she squares off against two other Democrats, one of whom is a veteran state legislator who spent decades representing some of the voters in the reshaped district. Republican Glo Smith will run against the winner in November, but the district is solidly Democratic.
