Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 18-386 Re: Ernest A. Kollra

In this case, we review the findings and recommendation of the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) concerning misconduct by Judge Ernest Kollra of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit and a stipulation entered into by Judge Kollra and the JQC. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 12, Fla. Const. We approve the parties' stipulation that Judge Kollra improperly *679 introduced partisan political activity into his campaign for judicial office, that Judge Kollra's conduct violated two canons of the Code of Judicial Conduct, and that the appropriate discipline is a public reprimand.

BACKGROUND

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