Zimmerman Laughs Last: Prosecutor Angela Corey Is Crushed in Primary Bid To Retain Her Job

By Bob Owens

Angela Corey, the grand-standing Florida prosecutor who tried George Zimmerman despite a lack of evidence and who came under fire for throwing the proverbial book at Marissa Alexander, has been crushed in in her re-election bid by an NRA-backed upstart.

Melissa Nelson, an unknown corporate lawyer and former prosecutor three months ago, cleared her path to become one of the most powerful and influential figures in Northeast Florida on Tuesday night when she easily defeated incumbent 4th Judicial State Attorney Angela Corey.

The election caps a dizzying rise for Nelson and an equally shocking fall for Corey, one of the most polarizing political figures in Jacksonville history who generated national attention and enormous criticism for her prosecutions of George Zimmerman, Marissa Alexander, 12-year-old Cristian Fernandez and many others. Corey will depart office in the first week of January as the first incumbent state attorney in modern history to lose a contested election.

Nelson must still defeat write-in candidate Kenny Leigh in the general election before she officially becomes the state-attorney elect, but no write-in candidate has ever been elected to a state attorney position in Florida and Leigh has not raised any money or made any campaign appearances.

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