Jose N. Vazquez Figueroa v. Hon. Daniel D. Raulerson, in his Capacity etc.

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D17-0405 _____________________________ JOSE N. VAZQUEZ FIGUEROA,

Appellant, v.

HON. DANIEL D. RAULERSON, in his Capacity as a Candidate;

CRAIG LATIMER, in his Official

Capacity as Supervisor of

Elections of Hillsborough

County, Florida; KRISTY REID

BRONSON, in her Official

Capacity as Chief of Bureau of

Election Records, Division of

Elections, State of Florida; and

KEN DETZNER, in his Official

Capacity as Secretary of Florida

Department of State,

Appellees. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County.

Charles W. Dodson, Judge.

July 9, 2018

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See McPherson v. Flynn, 397 So. 2d 665, 667-68 (Fla. 1981) (holding courts have no jurisdiction after an election to determine an individual’s right to hold office); Norman v. Ambler, 46 So. 3d 178, 183 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010) (holding that circuit court was without power to entertain defeated candidate’s challenge to primary opponent’s qualification for state senate based on alleged inaccuracies in financial disclosure forms because primary had already occurred).

LEWIS, KELSEY, and WINSOR, JJ., concur.

_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Jose N. Vazquez Figueroa, pro se, Appellant.

Emmett Mitchell, IV, Roger N. Beaubien, and Richard E. Coates, Coates Law Firm, PL, Tallahassee, for Appellee Daniel D. Raulerson; David A. Fugett, General Counsel, and Jesse Dyer, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, for Appellees Ken Detzner and Kristy Reid Willis f/k/a Kristy Reid Bronson; Mary Helen Farris, General Counsel, and Robert E. Brazel, Chief Assistant County Attorney, Office of the County Attorney, Tampa, for Appellee Craig Latimer.