Democrat Gay Valimont announced Monday that she is running for Congress in Florida’s 1st District, opening a new campaign against Republican U.S. Rep. Jimmy Patronis in one of the state’s most reliably conservative seats. Valimont, a Gulf Breeze-area Democrat who has previously run for the seat, is seeking a return match after losing last year’s special election to Patronis. She also challenged former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz in the 2024 general ele…