Dwight Dudley’s spouse backing Ben Diamond in HD 68 race
With Democratic state representative Dwight Dudley now running for a judgeship in Pinellas County, the House District 68 member can’t endorse anyone in the race to succeed him this fall. His wife can, obviously, and so on Tuesday, Mary Rachel Dudley, Dudley’s longtime spouse, announced that she was backing St. Petersburg attorney Ben Diamond in the contest. “He is the best candidate to carry on my husband’s legacy of fighting for the people of Pinellas County and for families just like ours,” she…