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Judge Keeps Fishback on Florida Governor Ballot, Rejecting Collins' Residency Challenge
Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback will remain on Florida's August 18 primary ballot after Leon County Circuit Judge David Frank rejected a legal challenge from rival candidate and Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, who argued the 31-year-old failed to meet the state's seven-year residency requirement for governor. Collins' lawsuit, filed in June, centered on Fishback's ties to Washington, D.C., including a 2020 D.C. voter registration, mortgage paperwork on a Washington co

Brent Cassity
Jul 281 min read
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