Congressman Jared Moskowitz said that a person accused of threatening his life has been arrested near his home in Boca Raton, Florida.

The Florida Democrat, who is running in one of the country's most closely watched congressional races, revealed the arrest on social media in a post made Thursday afternoon, saying the suspect was a constituent who was taken into custody close to his residence.

'A constituent of mine has just been arrested in Boca, just a few miles from my house, for threatening my life. He is currently in the Palm Beach County jail,' the Democrat wrote.

'I'm grateful to @fdlepio and local law enforcement for acting quickly to keep myself and my family safe,' he added.

Despite originally facing a tough re-election race, an effort to oust Moskowitz by the Congressional Leadership Fund, a Republican PAC, was abandoned this week.

Moskowitz, who is Jewish, was the target of a gunman who lived under ten miles away from his Florida home back in 2024.

John Kevin Lapinski Jr. was identified as the armed suspect arrested near Moskowitz's Florida home, and was later sentenced to 25 years for the suspected assassination plot.

Law enforcement officers found an extensive cache of tactical gear and weapons, including a rifle, a suppressor, body armor, smoke grenades, operational maps, and racist drawings that they tied to Lapinski. He was also found to have written an antisemitic manifesto.

As the debate over the safety of lawmakers raged on Capitol Hill in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last year, the Florida Democrat predicted that the threats on political figures would keep escalating.

'Someone's gonna get killed here. It almost was me,' Moskowitz told the Wall Street Journal last year.

As a moderate Jewish Democrat, Moskowitz is representative of a demographic that gets targeted by the left and the right.

Earlier this year, he fended off a primary challenge from progressive organizer Oliver Larkin, who was backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).  

Moskowitz's seat, which runs from South Beach to Delray Beach, was moved to being contentious after GOP-led redistricting redrew Florida's congressional map. 

The Democratic incumbent has been narrowly favored to beat Republican nominee Scott Singer in the midterms next month.

The congressman also has a track record of working across the aisle with Republicans.

Moskowitz was tapped by Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to lead the state's Division of Emergency Management starting in January 2019.

He was serving as a Democrat in the Florida House of Representatives at the time.

Moskowitz earned the nickname the 'master of disaster' for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and Florida hurricane response during his time running the Florida Division of Emergency Management.

When Trump selected Susie Wiles as his White House Chief of Staff, Moskowitz praised the choice, citing their work together in Florida.