Judge tosses Florida AG candidate Ryan Torrens off primary ballot
In what could be a first in Florida, a judge has decertified Democrat Ryan Torrens as a candidate for state Attorney General, saying his testimony was not credible and that he clearly acted contrary to the law, knowingly when he qualified to run.
Fridays ruling by Circuit Judge Karen Gievers of Tallahassee meansbarring appellate action otherwiseSean Shaw becomes the Democratic contender to face one of two Republicans, Ashley Moody or Frank White, in Novembers general election.
Gievers decision came after a Wednesday bench trial in a challenge filed by Shaw, now a state representative and formerly the statewide Insurance Consumer Advocate under CFO Alex Sink, and only four days before the primary election.
Torrens will still be on printed primary ballots, but the judge ordered Secretary of State Ken Detzner, the states chief elections officer, to promptly notify all 67 of Floridas supervisors of elections that Mr. Torrens has been decertified
and may not be (elected) regardless of what the vote totals are on Tuesday, Aug. 28.
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