Florida Congressional Candidate Sues Governor Over Failure So Far to Call a Special Election

On April 29, Elvin Dowling, who wants to run in a future special election to fill the vacancy in the U.S. House, 20th district seat, sued Governor Ron DeSantis. The Governor has not yet set the dates for a special election, even though the death of Congressman Alcee Hastings was on April 6, 2021. The Complaint alleges that in the last Florida special election, then-Governor Rick Scott called the election only 18 days after the vacancy was created.

The lawsuit charges that the Governor’s delay is motivated by partisan politics. It notes that the 20th district only cast 17% of its votes for Governor DeSantis when DeSantis was elected in 2018. It notes that the 20th district has an African-American majority.

Here is the Complaint in Dowling v DeSantis, s.d., 9:21cv-80796. It is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Aileen M. Cannon, a Trump appointee.


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Florida Congressional Candidate Sues Governor Over Failure So Far to Call a Special Election — 16 Comments

  1. Waaa! Waaa! Black voters deserves more speedily elections than anyone else. WOKE CULTURE!

  2. As the post says, last time Florida had a vacancy, Governor Rick Scott called the special election in 18 days after the vacancy was created. That was a vacancy in a Republican State Senate district.

  3. Candidate/incumbent replacement lists >>> NOOOOOOO MOOOOOOO special elections

  4. How long before the fascist GOP comes out of the Klan/Nazi closet and admits they’re just against anyone who isn’t YT being allowed to vote at all?

  5. They’re pushing themselves. Just go ahead and be honest, admit your real fascist nature so we can crush you again like the fascists of the 20th century and the confederate scum of the 19th.

  6. True facts, the Republicans have come to be the domestic fifth column of everything we fought against and still do, like absolute monarchies, fascism, Nazism, slavery, segregation, YT supremacy, chauvinism, nationalism etc, all rolled into one ball of absurdly absolute evil.

  7. No way to know til you click on it if you are telling the truth. Post the full Twitter link if you want me to see it.

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