“Court hearing scheduled to determine Cory Mills' candidacy”
- Jul 9
- 1 min read
A court challenge is seeking to remove Rep. Cory Mills from the 2026 Republican primary ballot over allegations that his candidate paperwork was improperly notarized.
The challenge argues Mills’ forms were notarized by Alejandro Blair, chief of staff to Rep. Greg Steube and a Florida notary, while Mills was allegedly in Washington, D.C. The problem: a Florida notary can only notarize documents within Florida, so the complaint claims the paperwork is invalid if the notarization happened in D.C.
The filing points to June 4, when Mills’ paperwork was notarized, and says Mills was on Capitol Hill that day for a House Armed Services Committee markup that ran from the afternoon until around midnight. Because of that, the challenge argues Mills could not have legally completed the notarization in Florida.
The core argument is simple: if the notarization was invalid, Mills’ candidacy paperwork may also be invalid — and he could be removed from the ballot. The issue is being framed as a technical paperwork problem, but one with potentially major consequences for Mills’ re-election campaign.
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