Anna Paulina Luna (née Mayerhofer, later Gamberzky; born May 6, 1989) is an American politician and Air Force veteran who serves in the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 13th congressional district as a member of the Republican Party.
[5] She also modeled during this period, appearing in 2013 in Sport Illustrated's online site, and briefly worked as a cocktail waitress in a gentleman's club.
[13] In 2020, she appeared at a We Build the Wall event as vice president of Bienvenido, an organization dedicated to conservative Hispanic outreach.
She entered the Republican primary for Florida's 13th congressional district in September 2019, and Matt Gaetz endorsed her in November 2019.
[15] She was also endorsed by Charlie Kirk, Elise Stefanik, Students for Trump, and former St. Petersburg, Florida, mayor Bill Foster.
[2] Luna won the Republican primary, but lost to incumbent Democrat Charlie Crist in the general election.
[24] Luna was challenged in the general election by Whitney Fox, a moderate Democrat and former communications director for the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority.
[25] Though seen as the only Florida house seat being in striking distance for Democrats, Luna won re-election with 55% of the vote, compared to Fox's 45%.
[32] In June 2023, Luna sponsored a resolution censuring Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for his past actions as chair of the House Intelligence Committee in leading investigations into then-President Donald Trump.
[34] On July 10, 2024, Luna brought forward a privileged resolution to have U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland found in inherent contempt of Congress.
[41] In February 2025, Luna was appointed by Speaker Mike Johnson to lead a House Oversight Task Force on declassification on federal secrets.
The previous month, she attended a red carpet event and screening of 2000 Mules, a film that claims to show evidence of widespread electoral fraud in the 2020 election.
[48][49][50] She has said her anti-abortion stance originates from having dissected a chicken egg in college and seeing the chick react to a scalpel blade: "God was using that opportunity to really wake me up.
She said this view belonged to an "America First" platform, adding, "If it means not selling to other countries so that here in the United States, we can literally lower the gas prices, that's what I agree with.
[58] During a combative House Oversight Committee hearing on February 8, 2023, Luna alleged that Twitter, the federal government, "leftist nonprofits", and potentially the Democratic National Committee had acted jointly to censor Americans in November 2020 through the Jira project management platform, and that it violated the First Amendment.
The bill would suspend all U.S. foreign aid to Ukraine for the war there and demand that all combatants in this conflict reach a peace agreement immediately.
[70] Luna has claimed her father raised her to follow Messianic Judaism, an evangelical movement that incorporates Jewish traditions into Protestant Christianity, and that she is "a small fraction Ashkenazi".
[4][74] Luna has claimed that both she and her mother lacked "a strong extended network of people" who could help care for them,[4] and that she had attended "over six high schools" before graduating.
Luna's mother said that she had to rely on welfare for periods of time, especially while she was putting herself through college at the University of California, Irvine, and then at the UCLA School of Law, and that she was the only source of meaningful financial support for the family.
[74] Air Force members who served with Luna in Missouri said that she wore designer clothing and that she had mentioned having nannies as a child.
[4] Luna's mother said that she owned a designer coat that she had bought at a thrift store and was known to wear it frequently, and that the idea of her having had nannies is "preposterous".
[74] Luna's campaign website biography says that throughout her childhood and teenage years, her father "spent time in and out of incarceration", and that she communicated with him "through letters to jail and collect calls".
He was convicted for crimes including carrying a loaded gun in public, violating probation, and driving with a suspended license.
[74] In 2019, Luna said that she suffered "enduring trauma" after experiencing a "home invasion" by her landlord at 4 a.m. while stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base.
[4] During her first campaign for Congress in 2020, Luna unsuccessfully sought a stalking injunction request against her uncle, Edward Mayerhofer, after he questioned her biography on social media.