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Police raid home of former GOP lawmaker [FL St. Sen. Frank Artiles] who bragged about planting no-party candidate
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| Contributor | Mr. Matt |
| Last Edited | Mr. Matt Mar 18, 2021 01:15pm |
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| Author | Ana Ceballos, Samantha J. Gross, and David Ovalle |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 17, 2021 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The latest shoe to drop in a long-brewing Florida political scandal came crashing down Wednesday when authorities raided the Palmetto Bay house of former Republican state senator Frank Artiles.
Artiles is believed to be tied to a state investigation involving a sham no-party candidate who likely swayed the outcome of a key 2020 Miami-Dade state Senate race.
While details remain sealed, the Miami Herald found last December that Artiles got involved in Miami-Dade’s Senate District 37 race when he recruited and boasted about planting Alex Rodriguez, an auto-parts dealer who lives in Boca Raton, to run in the race.
Rodriguez was on the ballot as a no-party candidate, shared the same surname as the incumbent Democrat, and his mysterious candidacy has been under investigation since November by Fernandez Rundle’s office. |
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