Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 105.09 (2025)

Political activity in behalf of a candidate for judicial office limited.

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105.09 Political activity in behalf of a candidate for judicial office limited.—

(1) No political party or partisan political organization shall endorse, support, or assist any candidate in a campaign for election to judicial office.

(2) Any person who knowingly, in an individual capacity or as an officer of an organization, violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 9, ch. 71-49; s. 38, ch. 77-175; s. 635, ch. 95-147.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 105.09

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1978–2019 · leading case: Concerned Democrats of Florida v. Reno, 458 F. Supp. 60 (S.D. Fla. 1978).

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Concerned Democrats of Florida v. Reno, 458 F. Supp. 60 (S.D. Fla. 1978). · cites it 5× “§ 105.09 imper-missibly chills their First Amendment rights to free speech; that it violates their right to political association; that it violates their right to equal protection under the laws as provided in the Fourteenth Amendment; and that it correlatively violates the…”

Orange Cnty., Florida v. Rick Singh, etc., 268 So. 3d 668 (Fla. 2019). · cites it 3× “Furthermore, section 105.09(1), Florida Statutes (2018), states that “[n]o political party or partisan political organization shall endorse, support, or assist any candidate in a campaign for election to judicial office.”

Concerned Democrats of Florida v. Reno, 493 F. Supp. 660 (S.D. Fla. 1980). · cites it 2× “Defendants have been permanently enjoined from enforcing Fla.Stat. § 105.09, and plaintiffs have acquired the primary relief sought.”

Zeller v. the Florida Bar, 909 F. Supp. 1518 (N.D. Fla. 1995). · cites it 2× “to cases, controversies or issues that are likely to come before the court.”

Geary v. Renne, 880 F.2d 1062 (9th Cir. 1989). “Fla.Stat. Ann. § 105.09 (West 1982). Georgia prohibits political parties from nominating judges in nonpartisan elections.”

Orange Cnty., Florida v. Rick Singh, etc. (Fla. 2019). “Furthermore, section 105.09(1), Florida Statutes (2018), states that “[n]o political party or partisan political organization shall endorse, support, or assist any candidate in a campaign for election to judicial office.”

— 105.09(1) — 2 cases

Orange Cnty., Florida v. Rick Singh, etc., 268 So. 3d 668 (Fla. 2019). “Furthermore, section 105.09(1), Florida Statutes (2018), states that “[n]o political party or partisan political organization shall endorse, support, or assist any candidate in a campaign for election to judicial office.”

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