Adrian Wyllie Sues to Get Into Florida Press Association Debate

Submitted by Anonymous on October 9, 2014 - 12:38pm

Libertarian candidate for governor Adrian Wyllie wants in to the Florida Press Association gubernatorial debate, and he's willing to sue to get there.

On Thursday, the Miami Herald reported Wyllie had filed a federal lawsuit to force the FPA to allow him onstage with Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. Charlie Crist, who have been scheduled to appear at the debate for months.

Wyllie was initially included in the Oct. 15 debate, but organizers dropped him after claiming he didn't qualify. In order to participate in the debate, candidates needed at least 15 percent support in a credible poll by the end of September,including the benefit of the poll's margin of error.

Wyllie pulled in 13 percent in a recent Republican-leaning 0ptimus poll, but polls from previous months didn't put him in the 15 percent bracket to qualify.

The debate will be held at Broward College in Davie and is co-sponsored by Leadership Florida.

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