WEBVTT END UP IN COURT. >> MY ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL CAREER HAS BEEN AS AN ADVOCATE. >> SEAN SHAW SAYS HE IS FRUSTRATED BY REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP. HE BELIEVES HE CAN ADDRESS CONSUMER PROTECTION, THE OPIOID CRISIS, AND GUN VIOLENCE. >> THAT IS THE ONE REASON WHY I AM RUNNING FOR THIS JOB. TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION AND DO THINGS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE FLORIDA THAT I KNOW IS SLOWLY MELTING AWAY. I’M NOT A POLITICIAN. I DON’T OWE ANYONE ANY FAVORS. HIS OPPONENT, IS RYAN TORRENS, AN ATTORNEY WHO DEFENDS PEOPLE IN FORECLOSURES AND BANK DISPUTES. AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO HAS THAT TYPE OF EXPERIENCE ACTUALLY FIGHTING FOR PEOPLE, INSTEAD OF JUST PRETENDING LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO DO SO SOMEONE WHO CAN GO IN THERE AND DO WHAT’S RIGHT. IN LATE JULY, SHAW SUED TORRENS HE ACCEPTED AN ILLEGAL CONTRIBUTION OF $4,000, EXCEEDING CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING LIMITS, AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COVER THE AMOUNT OF THIS QUALIFYING CHECK. IN SHAW’S VIEW, TORRENS IS NOT A VALID CANDIDATE. TORRENS HAS NOW FILED A COUNTERCLAIM, SAYING THERE WAS NO FRAUDULENT CONDUCT. AND IS SUING SHAW FOR LIBEL. IN THIS LETTER TO THE STATE TORRENS EXPLAINED THAT HE ISSUED A REFUND TO THE DONOR. WESH 2 NEWS REACHED OUT TO BOTH CANDIDATES FOR COMMENT ON THESE DUELING LAWSUITS. TORRENS WROTE, THE FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT BY MY OPPONENT IS JUST A SAD ATTEMPT TO CONFUSE VOTERS DURING A PRIMARY ELECTION AFTER ABSENTEE BALLOTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT OUT, FROM THE SHAW CAMPAIGN, NO COMMENT. A JUDGE IS MADE NO DECISION ON EITHER LAWSUIT. RIGHT NOW RYAN TORRENCE’S NAME IS ON THE BALLOT. THE WINNER OF THE PRIMARY GOES UP AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY WINNE