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Mon Oct 10, 2022, 11:11 PM Oct 2022

Pasco judge disqualifies DeSantis-backed school board candidate, lawyers say

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2022/10/10/pasco-judge-disqualifies-desantis-backed-school-board-candidate-lawyers-say/

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A Pasco County judge threw a wrench into the county’s remaining School Board race on Monday, declaring that the well-funded candidate endorsed by Gov. Ron DeSantis did not qualify for the ballot.

State law requires school board candidates to reside in the district they are seeking to represent by the end of the qualifying period, which was noon on June 17.

Circuit Judge Susan Barthle found that Alvaro “Al” Hernandez, a Humana executive backed by much of the county Republican establishment, did not meet that mandate, according to lawyers who attended a hearing in her courtroom Monday.

Neither Hernandez nor his attorney could be reached for comment.
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Pasco judge disqualifies DeSantis-backed school board candidate, lawyers say (Original Post) In It to Win It Oct 2022 OP
Oh boy..the governor will disbar the judge next. Deuxcents Oct 2022 #1
Hahahaha! Lunabell Oct 2022 #2
lol you had ONE JOB, Al.. Cha Oct 2022 #3
3 words for this. ShazzieB Oct 2022 #4
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