It's Election Day in House District 13!

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Today is the special election for Duval County’s House District 13, as Democratic former Rep. Reggie Fullwood seeks to retake his seat against Republican Lawrence “Jeff” Jefferson.

In June, Fullwood — who was previously running unopposed — was disqualified by the state after missing the deadline because of a pair of errors by notary publics.

One notary made an error on financial disclosure Form 6. A second notary, this one hired by the Florida Democratic Party to rewrite the form, failed to check a required box.

Fullwood later filed suit to challenge the decision that prevented him from inclusion on the November ballot, a Leon County circuit court judge rejected the argument. The state then called for a special primary and election.

In the lead-up to today’s ballot, the Division of Elections reports that Fullwood raised more than $170,000 in his re-election campaign, more than 20 times the $7,000 raised by his Republican opponent.

District 13 is a mostly Democratic region of northwest Jacksonville, Arlington and San Marco. Fullwood is a two-term state representative who won in 2010 by 67 percent of the vote and was unchallenged in 2012. He’s expected to win tonight without difficulty.

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