Circuit Judge Mackie Pierce this morning dismissed
Republican Rep. Jim Sorvillo’s second lawsuit to prevent
Democrat Ashley Hudson from taking his seat representing District 32 next year.
Sorvillo had asked the court for an injunction to prevent certification of her election by the secretary of state and governor until the state Claims Commission hears his complaint there that the election results should be thrown out and a new election held.
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Hudson defeated Sorvillo by 24 votes in certified results, which could have included up to 32 absentee ballots that had been disqualified, enough to change the outcome if most of them went for Sorvillo. But Hudson has argued, among other things, that some ballots were improperly disqualified.