GOP won't pick new Orange-Osceola state attorney candidate after nominee bolts
The Republican Party won’t choose a new candidate for the Orange-Osceola state attorney race even though its nominee has quit the race, a decision that leaves voters with a single alternative to progressive Democrat Monique Worrell.
GOP nominee Seth Hyman’s unusual move to withdraw Wednesday, just two weeks after his decisive primary victory, leaves election officials plenty of time to prepare ballots without a Republican contender.
Instead, voters will decide between Worrell, who was suspended from office by Gov. Ron DeSantis last year, and no-party-affiliated incumbent Andrew Bain, whom DeSantis tapped as her replacement.
The new situation in the race offers a boost to Bain, as early polls had suggested he and Hyman would split the conservative-leaning vote in November if both were running. And it drew suggestions Thursday that Bain’s backers had manipulated the outcome.
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