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Backed by dark money, candidates with no party affiliation appear to have changed the outcome of several Florida races insider@insider.com (Jonah Goldman Kay) © Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Poll workers help a voter put their mail-in ballot in an official Miami-Dade County ballot drop box. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images In Florida, candidates in several state senate races with no party affiliation (NPA) garnered thousands of votes with little to no campaigning or fundraising. The playbook appears the same across races: A candidate with no political experience registers to run just days before the deadline. Then, political action committees pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into mailers supporting these candidates, often using language that appears designed to appeal to Democratic voters.

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