The state has shut down Rep. Paula Stark’s long troubled political committee for not paying $16,225 in fines for missing a string of campaign finance deadlines in 2023, records show.

The Florida Department of State’s Elections Division sent a Nov. 6 final order to revoke the registration for Friends of Paula . The state could file a complaint in circuit court to fight for the fines and recoup attorney fees, according to an Oct. 22 letter sent to Joel Davis, Stark’s boyfriend who chairs Friends of Paula.

Stark and Davis did not respond to a request for comment Friday for this story.

The political committee, which is operating $10,000 in the red, has reported questionable expenses for years on large restaurant bills and more recently for $953 at a St. Cloud car mec

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