The Florida Supreme Court has declined to take up a dispute about whether a Republican House candidate was improperly kept off this year’s ballot, a move that cements the reelection of state Rep. David Richardson, D-Miami Beach.

The justices, in a 5-2 decision dated Oct. 24, turned down an appeal from Republican Laura Rivero Levey, who sought to run in Miami-Dade County’s House District 113. She earlier had lost in Leon County circuit court and the 1st District Court of Appeal.