Live Breaking News & Updates on Artiles Resigns After Racial Slur

An allegedly illegal effort to promote a Boca Raton man s sham candidacy for a state Senate seat in South Florida bears resemblance  and apparent connections  to two other shadowy legislative campaigns in the fall.
The mysterious source of money an entity called Grow United paid for mailers in the three races, including Miami-Dade’s Senate District 37.
There, former state Sen. Frank Artiles has been indicted on charges he offered money to no-party candidate Alexis Alex Rodriguez to run in the race, an action that is illegal under Florida law. Rodriguez, who is from Boca Raton, is also facing charges over the alleged funding of a shill campaign. ....

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