By Joel Malkin
Apr 30, 2021
A lawsuit has been filed against Governor Ron DeSantis to force him to schedule a special Congressional election.
"The governor of Florida has waited now 24 days and counting since the death of my dear friend and mentor Alcee Hastings and has yet to set a date for a special election to fill that seat."
Rev. Elvin Dowling is a candidate for the seat in heavily Democratic District 20, which covers portions of Palm Beach and Broward counties.
He accuses the governor of "playing politics."
"It is no secret that he is doing this for the purpose of being able to limit progress with what's going on in Congress, but we can't allow that to happen."