'I've never seen this kind of money dumped into a School Board race, let alone from a union,' said Barrow in an interview Wednesday. Records show Barrow has contributed $100 to Brown's campaign. Although Barrow said in an interview that she was separately looking into campaign finance before the School Board election and was not a part of Brown's campaign, the press release detailing the complaint contains Brown's contact information and a quote from her. 28 primary that state statute mandates for electioneering communications, defined as any communication intended to urge people to vote for or against a candidate that is distributed through mail, phone or media.īarrow and Brown representative Rita Ferrandino announced the complaint, considered confidential by the Florida Elections Commission, in a press release last week. As of last week, Rose had raised almost $40,000, while Brown had raised more than $53,000.īarrow, a former Lake County School Board member, alleges that Rose’s campaign accepted contributions earmarked for electioneering prior to the 30-day period before the Aug. Rose, who was formerly the district’s head of middle schools before departing in February, is running against longtime School Board member and former state legislator Shirley Brown.

Sarasota resident Cynthia Barrow filed a complaint last week with the state’s Florida Elections Commission against District 4 Sarasota County School Board candidate Karen Rose for allegedly receiving campaign contributions exceeding the state's legal limit.

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