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The split in the national Republican Party is trickling down to the local level in Florida. It all began when the Lake County Supervisor of Elections, Carey Baker, thought he came up with a brilliant idea to score a fourth term in office without all the financial disasters. He would file as a write-in candidate, and with no other person on the ballot, he’d still win, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Baker could save the more than-$10,600 filing fee. But at the last minute, Republican Mark Jordan — appointed by Ron DeSantis to fill a taxing authority post on a local hospital board — filed in the r…

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