‘Partisan politics should have no role’: State Attorney Bain touts independence, but DeSantis looms large

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Andrew Bain is drawing fire for a political evolution that took him from a registered Democrat to an appointee of Gov. Ron DeSantis — and now has him running as an independent for the job of Central Florida’s top prosecutor.

Five years ago, Bain was a registered Democrat, voter records show, but he switched to no-party affiliation in 2019.

When he kicked off his campaign earlier this year, he signed paperwork that he intended to run as a Republican....