(WPTA) – Former Fort Wayne resident and current Republican nominee for Florida’s 7th Congressional District, Ryan Elijah, is projected to win his seat in the U.S. House.
Elijah is running against Bale Dalton (D) for the seat held by Rep. Cory Mills (R). As of Wednesday, Nov. 4, Elijah has 161,189 votes, and Dalton has 159,488.
He previously ran for Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District in June 2010 in place of former Representative Mark Souder, but lost to Sen. Marlin Stutzman, who was just reelected to represent Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District.
Elijah also worked at 21Alive from Oct. 2004 to Sept. 2012 before moving to Florida to become an anchor at FOX 35 in Orlando…