Ashley Moody is anything but the people’s lawyer, and I refuse to stand silent as our rights and freedoms are trampled upon.”Īs of 10 p.m. “We have seen many of our basic rights eroded, violent crime on the rise, and corporate interests earning more profits at the expense of Floridians having the basic essentials for survival.
“As a result of Ashley Moody’s failures, Floridians are less free and less safe,” Ayala said in a prepared statement. In a statement Tuesday night, Ayala said she will “make the case that Ashley Moody has failed on the most fundamental aspects of being attorney general.” senator, removed those cases from her office. But before her four-year term was up, she became a target for Republicans because she announced she would not seek the death penalty for convicted murderers. Moody and Republican Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis did not have primary opponents.Īyala in 2016 became the first elected Black state attorney in Florida, winning in the 9th Judicial Circuit in Orange and Osceola counties. Adam Hattersley running for state chief financial officer.
In addition to Ayala and Blemur, the Democratic Cabinet slate will include former state Rep. Meanwhile, Naomi Blemur of North Miami was atop a three-way Democratic battle for agriculture commissioner and will run against Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, in the November general election for the Cabinet post. Aramis Ayala, a former state attorney punished by the governor when she refused to seek the death penalty in murder cases, emerged Tuesday from a three-way primary to become the Democratic challenger to Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody.
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