Not illegal, but funding around it may violate campaign finance.

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/former-miami-lawmaker-fra... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Artiles#Election_fraud

looks like after his main party dissolved, he was running as a member of the republican party?

this still seems like the republican party trying to do some election fraud against themselves?

So would Mr Rodriguez. This one was actually a conspiracy and led to charges.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...