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James Dunn Jr., who ran the failed campaign of Jill Sessions, gets probation for sending anonymous, false texts about School Board member Lisa Miller.
"There's no crime in Florida for making a false statement and texting it out to thousands of people but the violation we caught him on was sort of a technical violation but that's all we could find,” he said.
Lee claimed a decisive victory over Democratic candidate Alan Cohn, receiving 58.8% to 41.2% of votes.
The school board candidates’ mixed results come after a well-funded nationwide effort on the right to capture school board leadership.
Lisa Miller wins a second term on the Polk County School Board. John Flynn becomes a county judge, and Martha Santiago wins re-election to County Commission.