After Dem backlash, Jared Moskowitz rescinds endorsement of Torey Alston
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz is no longer backing his former Republican colleague, Broward School Board member Torey Alston, in this year’s election.
Moskowitz, who previously served alongside Alston as a Gov. Ron DeSantis-appointed Broward Commissioner, has withdrawn an endorsement of Alston. The move came after Democrats in the county complained about flyers advertising Alston’s participation in an event by the conservative Moms for Liberty group.
Anthony Man of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel first reported about the rescindment.
Alston, whom DeSantis appointed to the School Board in 2022, blamed the endorsement flip-flop on hyperpartisanship.
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