Republican Samantha Scott is now unopposed in the Special Election for House District 52 after Democrat Pamala Kaye Bivins withdrew her candidacy Monday.

Division of Elections records show Bivens (whose campaign documentation listed her as Pamela Harrison-Bivins) submitted her withdrawal letter ahead of today’s noon qualifying deadline. Her official statement was brief: “I, Pamala Kaye Bivins, withdraw from the Special Election as a candidate for State Representative, District 52.”

Her exit leaves Scott as the only candidate who qualified for the ballot. Scott had already consolidated significant support in the race to succeed former state Rep. John Temple , who resigned in September to become President of Lake-Sumter State College.

Her campaign rolled out endorsements earli

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