Two House 118 candidates will meet with Kendall voters; Republican won’t

Two of the three candidates in the special election for Florida House seat 118 to replace State Rep. Juan Alfonso Fernandez-Barquin — appointed Miami-Dade Clerk and Comptroller by Gov. Ron DeSantis in June — will meet and greet Kendall voters Thursday night. But the Republican is sitting it out.

Mike Redondo, the frontrunner and best funded candidate — $226,000 as of the last campaign finance report, with more than $62,000 from the Florida House Republican Campaign Committee — probably thinks he has nothing to lose by skipping the meet and greet sponsored by the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Association.

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