Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images In Florida, candidates in several state senate races with no party affiliation (NPA) garnered thousands of votes with little to no campaigning or fundraising. The playbook appears the same across races: A candidate with no political experience registers to run just days before the deadline. Then, political action committees pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into mailers supporting these candidates, often using language that appears designed to appeal to Democratic voters. Florida state Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez, who narrowly lost reelection by 32 votes, claimed in an interview with Business Insider that this was an attempt by the Republican party to pull Democratic votes from his campaign.