(CNN) A Florida state house candidate's college degree has been called into question -- by the very university from which she claims to have graduated.

Last week, FLA News reported that Melissa Howard, a Republican running for Florida House of Representatives District 73, did not have a degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, as she said she did in her candidate bio.

In a statement responding to FLA News, Howard's campaign said the story was an attempt by her opponent in the primary to "hurt Melissa or her reputation within the community," and that she had, in fact, graduated with a degree in marketing.

The 46-year-old candidate later posted what FLA News described as a partial college transcript, as well as pictures of her posing with a framed diploma on her Facebook page. The images were no longer available on Sunday.

Melissa Howard holds a framed diploma, but Miami University suggests it's not real.

In response to her photos, FLA News, which calls itself "the conservative choice for Florida news and politics" briefly rescinded its story.

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