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Ex-congressional candidate gets 3 years for threatening to have opponent killed

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William Robert Braddock III , 41 , of St. Petersburg , Florida , was sentenced in Tampa federal court.

He pleaded guilty in February to sending an interstate transmission of a threat to injure.

In 2021 , Braddock and U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna were both candidates in the primary election.

Luna eventually won the primary and later the general election.

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