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So was Matt Gaetz part of the ghost candidate voter fraud [View all]
in Florida?
https://www.businessinsider.com/feds-investigating-matt-gaetz-sham-candidate-florida-elections-nyt-2021-4
In November, the GOP candidate in the race, Jason Brodeur, an associate of Gaetz, beat the Democratic candidate, Patricia Sigman, to win a seat in the state Senate.
The Times reported that investigators had been told about a conversation in which Gaetz and Chris Dorworth, a prominent Florida lobbyist, discussed running a fake third candidate to siphon votes from Sigman and boost Brodeur's chance of winning.
A third-party candidate, Jestine Iannotti, did run in the race. Brodeur ultimately beat Sigman by more than 7,000 votes, more than Iannotti got.
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