根据 Decision Desk HQ 的预测，众议员凯西·卡斯托（民主党-佛罗里达州）在击退共和党人迈克·贝尔特兰的挑战后，预计将守住她的坦帕地区席位。
Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) is projected to hold on to her Tampa-area seat after fending off a challenge from Republican Mike Beltran, according to Decision Desk HQ.
卡斯托担任众议院能源和商务委员会资深民主党成员，已代表该地区近 20 年。
Castor, who serves as a senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has represented the region for nearly 20 years.
在共和党的期中重新划分选区使该选区对共和党更具竞争力后，她面临贝尔特兰的激烈挑战，贝尔特兰曾任佛罗里达州众议员。
She faced a tight race against Beltran, a former member of the Florida House of Representatives, after Republicans' midcycle redistricting made the district more competitive for the GOP.
这被视为共和党的一个翻盘机会，贝尔特兰被列入全国共和党国会委员会的战场席位计划。他在 9 月初获得特朗普总统的背书。
It was seen as a pickup opportunity for Republicans, with Beltran included as part of the National Republican Congressional Committee's battleground seat program. He was endorsed by President Trump in early September.
但在大选中，贝尔特兰淡化了与总统的联系，从竞选网站上移除了初选期间显著展示的特朗普提及和图片。
But Beltran deemphasized his ties to the president in the general election, removing mentions and images of Trump from his campaign website that were prominently featured during the primary race.
截至周二晚 7 点 50 分，DDHQ 报告的 92.9% 选票显示，卡斯托以 5.9 个百分点领先贝尔特兰。
Castor led Beltran by 5.9 percentage points with 92.9 percent of the vote reported by DDHQ as of 7:50 p.m. Tuesday.
卡斯托于 2007 年首次进入国会，担任佛罗里达州第 11 国会选区代表。
Castor first joined Congress in 2007 as the representative for Florida's 11th Congressional District.
2010 年重新划分选区周期将她大部分坦帕地区选民移入该州第 14 国会选区，她在过去 13 年代表该选区。
The 2010 redistricting cycle moved much of her Tampa-area constituency into the state's 14th Congressional District, which she has represented for the past 13 years.