SARASOTA, Fla. — A 54-year-old Florida Democrat who was making her third run for Congress has died.

According to Abbe Forman, a close friend and campaign organizer, April Freeman of Sarasota died Sunday night. Freeman had recent heart issues.

The candidate’s husband, David Freeman, posted the news on her Facebook page Monday.

Freeman was running for the seat in Florida’s 17th Congressional District, and would have opposed the Republican nominee, state Sen. Greg Steube. She lost to US Rep. Tom Rooney in 2016.

Freeman, who was once a Republican, put her career as a TV and film producer on hold, switched parties and pursued a congressional seat.

She studied communications at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and attended the Women’s Campaign School at Yale.