Brendon Leslie

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Social media is not real life. Florida Republicans settled that argument Tuesday night. U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds and Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson demolished the online campaigns that spent months insisting the “grassroots” were rising up against the party’s establishment. James Fishback and Matt the Welder built followings, generated content and claimed to speak for real voters. Then real voters showed up. Donalds beat Fishback by nearly 40 percentage points.

HENDRY COUNTY, Fla. – Following Florida’s Voice’s previous report that former Assistant State Attorney Jill Cabai, a candidate for Hendry County judge, was accused in court filings of failing to properly process and disclose evidence in the Shane Cypress prosecution, newly obtained personnel records from her time in the State Attorney’s Office document multiple disciplinary actions involving missed filing deadlines and professional conduct.

TAMPA, Fla. — A candidate for the Hillsborough County School Board previously worked for an education technology company that faced a class-action lawsuit alleging it collected, stored and potentially sold test-takers’ biometric data without proper authorization, information that can include data from minors.