Appeals court confirms no legal basis for AG suit by opponent

TAMPA, Fla. – Ryan Torrens, consumer protection attorney and former Democratic candidate for Florida Attorney General, today welcomed a First District Court of Appeal ruling this week that reversed a Circuit Court decision removing his name from the Aug. 28 primary ballot.

The appeals court’s three-judge panel unanimously ruled that Circuit Court Judge Karen Gievers h...

Democratic Primary Candidate Issues Statement Hailing "Good News!"

TAMPA, Fla – “Good news! I’m back on the ballot for tomorrow’s Democratic primary election for Florida Attorney General.”

First thing Monday morning, Florida’s First District Court of Appeals granted our emergency motion seeking an immediate halt in implementation of Friday afternoon’s circuit court decision that disenfranchised tens of thousands of Florida early...

Fights to remain on ballot days before Primary Election. 

TAMPA, Fla. – Ryan Torrens, Democratic candidate for Florida Attorney General, filed an immediate notice of appeal Friday night and requested the First District Court of Appeal to halt the implementation of a lower court judge’s 11-th hour ruling. 

The ruling Friday removed him from Tuesday’s Democratic primary ballot due to a contribution law technicality – a move the co...

Proposes Joint Press Conference with Primary Opponent 

Tampa, FL - The Democratic primary for Florida attorney general has recently taken a very unfortunate – and very negative – turn. My primary opponent filed a lawsuit against me to try to get me thrown off the ballot due to a technicality. Having no choice but to defend my integrity, and the integrity of my wife, I brought a libel countersuit against my opponent. 

This sad, n...

Defends personal integrity and asserts rights in court proceedings.

TAMPA, Fla – Tuesday, Ryan Torrens, Democratic candidate for Florida Attorney General, countersued his primary opponent Rep. Sean Shaw for libel Tuesday.

“By erroneously raising these false claims, my opponent falsely and frivolously challenged my integrity, as a professional and as someone aspiring to public office, and that of my wife,” Torrens added. “In addi...

TORRENS, SEAN SHAW APPEAR TOGETHER IN JOINT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S RACE

Clear distinction between them on Stand Your Ground

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla –Tuesday morning, Ryan Torrens and Rep. Sean Shaw, Democratic Party candidates for Florida Attorney General, both appeared before the editorial boards of the Miami Herald, Palm Beach Post, and Sun Sentinel for a conversation on the attorney general’s race that will be bro...

Stuart, Fla-Ryan Torrens, Democratic Candidate for Florida Attorney General remarked Sunday morning at his astonishment after witnessing a lagoon full of toxic slime on Saturday afternoon.

"Yesterday, I went down to Stuart, FL with my friend Matt Thoebald, who is running for FL House District 83. He wanted to make sure that I saw firsthand the impact that Big Sugar and pollution are having on our state. I couldn’t believe what...

Raises Primary Challenger’s Past Campaign Finance Violations 

Last week, my primary opponent made the decision to file a frivolous lawsuit against my campaign in an attempt to win this election through the courts rather than the ballot box. In this case, his decision to suddenly transform what had been a positive campaign by using our courts as a political attack weapon was off-target – factually and even as a matter of basic d...

Pledges to stand with Florida’s minority community leaders to shut down NRA backed law.

TAMPA, Fla – Monday, Ryan Torrens, Democratic candidate for Florida Attorney General, issued a statement in response to the killing of Markeis McGlocklan and the use of Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law to keep his killer from justice.

“It is a tragedy that keeps happening over and over again in our state, especially to our minority communities...

Vows to fight to protect citrus industry and its workers when elected

Attorney General

Tampa, Fla. – June 26, 2018– Democratic candidate for Florida Attorney General Ryan Torrens vowed to take the Trump administration to court to protect Florida’s citrus industry and its workers from the devastating economic impact of a 25 percent tariff on orange juice many countries are imposing in retaliation to the trade war President Trump...