Florida has gained residents because of warm weather and low taxes, leading the state to gain representatives in the U.S. House leading up to the 2024 election. According to many, continuing population shifts will impact state and national politics for years.
Voters in parts of northeast Florida will be able to cast an early, in-person ballot this weekend in the special election to fill the seat of Congressman Michael Waltz. Waltz is resigning effective Monday,
The report comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis wants lawmakers to pass new laws restricting petitions to put amendments on the ballot.
Attorney General Ashley Moody will soon go to Washington. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he is appointing the Plant City Republican to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State.
Alexander Kolodin introduced legislation which he claims would speed up elections results, by mirroring several of Florida's election policies.
If Florida ever allows the open carrying of firearms in the state, Broward Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott wants to make sure guns won’t be allowed in or near polling places.
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit accusing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of failing to fulfill his constitutional obligation to call special elections for two seats in the state House and Senate.
Because in the following weeks, the party picked up additional seats when two lawmakers who had just been returned to office as Democrats woke up one day and had an epiphany that they were really Republicans after all.
Neither Lara Trump nor Vivek Ramaswamy will join the Senate. But it’s likely the president-elect didn’t really go to the mat for their appointments.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will appoint state Attorney General Ashley Moody to the seat Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is expected to vacate.
Ashley Moody, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ pick to replace Sen. Marco Rubio in the upper chamber, spent much of her tenure as Florida attorney general opposing Biden administration policies and advocating for conservative legal causes in the courtroom.