FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The daughter of a South Florida county commissioner who is running for Congress pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing $300,000 in COVID-19 relief funds.

Damara Holness, 28, pleaded guilty in Fort Lauderdale federal court to conspiring to commit wire fraud, according to court records. She faces up to 20 years in prison at sentencing scheduled for Jan. 20.

Holness served as president of the Broward County Democratic Black Caucus last year around the time of the fraud. She is the daughter of Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness, who had a 12-vote lead following Tuesday’s Democratic primary for a South Florida seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. A recount will determine the winner. Dale Holness was not charged in his daughter’s fraud case.

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