Republicans won't name replacement nominee against Andrew Bain, Monique Worrell

Republicans won't name replacement nominee against Andrew Bain, Monique Worrell

The Republican Party of Florida won’t name a replacement nominee in a high-profile Central Florida State Attorney race.

RPOF Chair Evan Power notified Secretary of State Cord Byrd that the party will instead not run a candidate in Florida’s 9th Judicial Circuit.

“This letter is to inform you that the members of the Republican State Executive Committee from Orange and Osceola counties voted unanimously to decline to designate a Republican nominee to fill the vacancy,” Power wrote in an official letter.

The message was delivered a day after Seth Hyman withdrew from the race against Democrat Monique Worrell and no-party-affiliated candidate Andrew Bain.

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