Public-records research dossier
A source-linked dossier examining whether Pushaw's campaign activity overlapped with her state employment, and whether methods shaped in Moscow, Georgia, and Ukraine resurfaced in Florida.
Central issue: Florida Statute 104.31
Subsection (2): "An employee of the state or any political subdivision may not participate in any political campaign for an elective office while on duty."
Subsection (4) preserves a public employee's right to express opinions and participate in campaigns during off-duty hours, subject to the limits identified in the statute.
Florida campaign record
Pushaw said she spoke frequently with James Fishback for two months and offered advice on his gubernatorial campaign. She said the relationship was unknown to the governor. The record below documents what is known about the activity, timing, public denials, later acknowledgment, and disputed scope.
Pushaw said Fishback contacted her on X in October. She said they spoke frequently for two months and that she offered campaign advice.
NBC reported contacts involving Pushaw and Fishback's circle. Pushaw told NBC she did not work for Fishback and never had.
Pushaw acknowledged offering advice and apologized for anything she said that coarsened the primary. Fishback then published his competing account.
Shareable Florida summary
Her statement supplies the clearest direct account of the relationship.
Pushaw said she met Fishback after an October 2025 direct message, spoke with him frequently for two months, and offered advice on his campaign. She said the governor did not know about the communications.
The December report included Pushaw's denial that she worked for Fishback.
NBC News reported communications involving Pushaw, Fishback, his adviser, and his uncle. Fishback acknowledged an October dinner with Pushaw. Pushaw disputed parts of the account and denied working for the campaign.
The supplied archive index preserves Pushaw-Fishback engagement and posts about the primary before Pushaw described her private advice.
The collection contains 13 Pushaw reply or engagement posts involving Fishback, three Pushaw posts concerning a primary campaign dispute, and one post criticizing conservatives who leak to NBC News or bloggers.
Fishback said Pushaw advised him, discussed strategy several times a week, traveled to campaign events, and repeatedly called him as their relationship deteriorated. Pushaw accused him of lying and exposing private communications.
Newly supplied images
The supplied images place Pushaw's name on a Pura Vida calendar entry associated with Fishback's campaign account and reproduce messages explicitly disputing whether their relationship was romantic.
A social-media screenshot shows a Jan. 9 calendar entry titled "Christina Pushaw Pura Vida," scheduled from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. The displayed calendar account is james@fishback2026.com.
In a screenshot supplied as a conversation between Pushaw and Fishback, the blue-message sender denies any romantic relationship. The gray-message sender says, "I have the texts" and "I took screenshots of everything." The blue-message sender then asks, "Is that a blackmail threat?"
Images supplied for this research update. The page reproduces what is visible in the screenshots and attributes disputed statements to their apparent speakers.
Methods and experience
A published Pushaw biography says she studied in Moscow in 2011. Her FARA filing describes communications, perception management, media, and political outreach work tied to Saakashvili and Georgian politics. Other records place her work and field study in Georgia and Ukraine.
Preserved social record
The links below preserve the supplied post collection, grouped by subject.