HD 70 candidate Manuel Sykes fails to sign disclosure form — doesn’t make it on the ballot
Pastor Manuel Sykes announced recently that he was a candidate in the House District 70 race that covers parts of Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee and Sarasota counties, with the vast majority of the district’s voters living in Pinellas. It leans strongly Democratic in its makeup. However, Sykes did not qualify for the ballot at the end of the day on Friday, the deadline for all candidates to be eligible for the November ballot. Although a call to the state’s Division of Elections website did not get an…