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DON HENSARLING,
Petitioner,
MARGARET DUNMIRE,
Respondent.
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Petitioner, Don Hensarling, files this Petition for Pure Bill of Discovery, suing the
appointed the campaign treasurer for Tea Party candidate Juanita Virone who is seeking election
as a candidate for the Florida House of Representatives District 35 Seat in the November 2010
general election and for Tea Party Candidate Darrin Dunmire who is seeking election as a
candidate for the Florida House of Representatives District 40 Seat in the November 2010
general election.
3. Section 99.061(7)(a), Florida Statutes, requires a person running for office to file
specific forms with the appropriate filing officer during the qualifying period. The qualifying
period for legislative office began on June14, 2010, and ended at noon on June 18, 2010.
4. On June 18, 2010, Juanita Virone filed qualifying paperwork with the Division of
Elections along with a check for the filing fee in the amount of $1,781.82. True and exact copies
of the documents filed with the Florida Division of Elections are attached hereto as Exhibit A
and incorporated herein by reference. On June 17, 2010, Darrin Dunmire filed qualifying
paperwork with the Division of Elections along with a check for the filing fee in the amount of
$1,781.82. True and exact copies of the documents filed with the Florida Division of Elections
Campaign Depository for Candidates, filed on June 17 and 18 by Juanita Virone and Darrin
campaign account to pay the filing fee to the Florida Department of State. On June 15, 2010,
Respondent signed a check drawn on Darrin Dunmire’s campaign account to pay the filing fee to
7. Based on information and belief, the first contributions into Juanita Virone’s
campaign account occurred on June 18, 2010 and the first contributions into Darrin Dunmire’s
shall accept any contribution or make any expenditure unless a campaign treasurer has been
appointed and a campaign depository designated. Section 106.11(4), Florida Statutes provides in
pertinent part that a candidate shall not authorize, and a campaign treasurer shall not sign, a
check drawn on the campaign account for any purpose unless there are funds on deposit to pay
106.021(1)(a) and 106.11(4), Florida Statutes, signed the check drawn on Juanita Virone’s
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campaign account and the check drawn on Darrin Dunmire’s campaign account before the Forms
DS-DE 9 for those candidates were filed with the Department of State and at a time when no
funds had been deposited into either account. Pursuant to Section 106.19(1)(d), Florida Statutes
a violation of Section 106.11(4), Florida Statutes is a first degree misdemeanor which may be
10. Based on information and belief, derived from articles published in the Orlando
Sentinel and quotes attributed to Respondent therein, Respondent has conspired with Florida Tea
Party founders and Democrat candidates to form the Florida Tea Party to be used as an enterprise
to recruit and pay persons to run as Tea Party candidates for Florida House of Representative
seats. Based upon information and belief, Respondent has actively participated in the alleged
conspiracy by providing funding to the Tea Party for the purpose of working a fraud on voters
who will be misled into believing that the Tea Party candidates represent conservative values
when in fact the true purpose behind the formation of the Tea Party is to aid Democrat
insufficient funds on deposit in the account to pay the full amount of the check in violation of
enterprise that could be used as a fraud on voters to divert votes away from Republican
candidates for Florida House seats to the benefit of Democrat candidates and that Respondent’s
coconspirator accepted money from persons affiliated with the Democrat Party to form the Tea
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Party and provide filing fees for various Tea Party candidates in addition to paying persons to
c. That Respondent provided money to the Tea Party to be used to pay the
filing fees for various Tea Party candidates and to make additional payments to certain Tea Party
12. Under section 106.25(2), Florida Statutes, an election complaint must be based
13. Petitioner is unable to depose the Respondent or procure bank records in order to
obtain the personal knowledge required by Florida law without the discovery from the
14. Petitioner intends to file an election complaint if the facts as alleged are supported
by the evidence and, if the facts as alleged on information and belief are supported by the
evidence, an action under Florida’s Civil Remedies for Criminal Practices Act, Section 772.104,
Florida Statutes.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Court enter an Order on this
application for a Pure Bill of Discovery allowing the Petitioner to discover any and all
documents relevant to the Respondent's campaign and personal bank accounts and allow the
Petitioner full use of all discovery methods provided by the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure,
including deposition of Respondent, in an effort to discover the evidence supporting election law
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Harry O. Thomas (Fla. Bar No. 195097)
Christopher B. Lunny (Fla. Bar No. 008982)
Radey Thomas Yon & Clark, P.A.
301 S. Bronough Street, Suite 200
Tallahassee, Florida 32301-1722
Telephone: (850) 425-6654
Facsimile: (850) 425-6694
E-Mail: hthomas@radeylaw.com
E-Mail: clunny@radeylaw.com