BREAKING: Rep. John Patrick Julien to Appeal Primary Defeat to Florida House

Submitted by Kevin Derby on October 18, 2012 - 4:20pm

Shortly after concluding arguments on behalf of client Rep. Mack Bernard, D-West Palm Beach, before a three-judge panel of theFlorida 1st District Court of Appeal, former Republican state representative J.C. Planas told Sunshine State News another of his clients, Rep. John Patrick Julien, D-North Miami, will "probably" be appealing his own trial court defeat to the Florida House of Representatives.

"We're looking at a House challenge," Planas told the News.

Julien lost his August Democratic primary to Rep. Barbara Watson of Miami Gardens by a mere 13 votes. Healleges that Watson made use of boleteros, or ballot-brokers, to collect fraudulent or manipulated absentee ballots from at least 16 senior citizens.

A state circuit court judge dismissed Julien's case Wednesday.

More to come ...

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