https://news.yahoo.com/gop-using-shadow-candidates-crucial-193312414.html
Oliver O'Connell
,The Independent•November 12, 2020
Three candidates for Florida Senate district races were “shill candidates” whose presence was intended to siphon votes from those running for the Democratic Party, a report claims.
Local 10 News in Miami says that the three candidates, who list no party affiliation, have similarities and connections suggesting that they are all linked by funding from the same dark money sources.
The implication is that the candidates ran with no intention other than to upset voting patterns, as they did not campaign or fundraise.
In the District 37 race, a recount is underway as there were only 31 votes separating Republican candidate Ileana Garcia and Democratic candidate Jose Javier Rodriguez.
A third candidate, unaffiliated with either party, shares Mr Rodriguez’s last name and attracted more than 6,300 votes.
Local 10 began to investigate Alexis Rodriguez’s candidacy in October when an executive producer could not locate a headshot of the candidate for election broadcast purposes.
He would not return calls and had falsified his address on filing forms in June, giving his residence as a home that he had not lived in for five years.
A search of campaign finance records by Local 10 linked him to two other no-party candidates — one in central Florida, the other, like Mr Rodriguez, also in Miami-Dade.
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