RI >> SUDDENLY DECIDED TO RUN FOR SENATE DISTRICT 39, WHICH
REPUBLICAN ANNA MARIA
RODRIGUEZ WON OVER DEMOCRAT
JAVIER FERNANDEZ.
>> PAID FOR BY A POLITICAL
ACTION COMMITTEE CALLED OUR
FLORIDA.
THAT PACKS ONE AND ONLY
EXPENDITURE.
>> SO YOU PAID FOR YOUR OWN
FLIERS?
>> RIGHT.
>> BUT THAT’S NOT ON YOUR
CAMPAIGN EXPENSE ACCOUNT?
>> NO.
>> WHAT ELSE DO CAMPAIGN
REPORTS SHOW?
BOTH FILED AS NO PARTY
AFFILIATION.
BUT RECORDS SHOW THEY WERE
BOTH REGISTERED REPUBLICANS.
THEY QUALIFIED ON THE SAME DAY
LAST JUNE, LISTING IDENTICALLY
PATTERNED E-MAIL ADDRESSES.
NEITHER CAMPAIGN NOR
FUNDRAISED, BOTH HAD FLIERS
WITH TYPICALLY DEMOCRATIC
ISSUES.
NOTHING ABOUT THAT IS ILLEGAL UNDER FLORIDA CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS.
THE CANDIDATES THEMSELVES,
WITH WHAT WE FOUND TODAY,
MIGHT HAVE DONE SOME ILLEGAL
THINGS.
THAT IS NOT FOR US TO SAY.
BUT OUR INTERVIEWS SUGGEST
THAT THAT MAY BE THE CASE.
LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO PUT OUT
THERE THAT ALEX RODRIGUEZ GOT
3% OF THE VOTE.
THE RECOUNT THERE CONTINUES.
SO 6300 PLUS VOTERS VOTED FOR
THIS CANDIDATE WHO THEY DID
NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.