Florida Legislature

Florida Democrats only have one shot at maintaining the same number of House seats they had last session: keeping Palm Beach County Democrat Katherine Waldron in office in House District 93. The issue? She's down by 356 votes to Republican former Wellington Mayor Anne Gerwig. With a margin of 0.38 percentage points between the candidates, […]

Days away from the 86th Kristallnacht anniversary, two of Florida's top Jewish lawmakers are demanding Amsterdam authorities crack down on the "antisemitic squads" who attacked Israeli soccer fans after a Thursday night match in the Dutch capital city. Carried out by a slew of youths on scooters, the Israeli embassy to the United States said […]

The anti-abortion doctors who appeared alongside Gov. Ron DeSantis for four of his events campaigning against Florida's now-failed abortion amendment are lauding themselves and their parent group for defeating measures in Florida and South Dakota that would have enshrined abortion access in the states' constitutions. While the non-profit American Association for Pro-Life OBGYNS (AAPLOG) failed […]

Incoming Florida Senate President Ben Albritton, the former GOP majority leader, announced Thursday which senators will fill five leadership roles in the state legislature for the 2025 session. The announcement is necessary for Florida's Republican-dominated upper chamber, considering nine state Senators have termed out. Sen. Albritton took to social media Thursday afternoon to first ask […]

A former consultant for Disney and other Fortune 500 companies on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts has upset Republican incumbent Rep. Carolina Amesty in House District 45, weeks after she was indicted for forgery. Leonard Spencer, a former Disney employee who most recently headed up a diversity and sustainability effort at the popular company, is […]

Former Senator Lauren Book and the campaign behind a newly failed abortion rights amendment blasted Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration after the measure gained majority support, demanding the Republican-dominated Legislature repeal the state's six-week abortion ban. It was the first ballot amendment in Florida history to fail after eclipsing 6 million votes in its favor. The […]

With the polls now closed, North and Central Florida have decided who will continue to serve in the House of Representatives in Congressional Districts 1 to 22, as called by NBC. All incumbents have won their respective races, frequently at double-digit margins, with the largest going to Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) of District 12, who […]

Florida's eight closest state House races have paved the way for at least one Republican upset, a potential Democrat upset, and five possible recounts as of 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. In a Republican-dominated state House, Florida Democrats needed to flip five seats. Instead, they may be in dire straits: HD 35's Republican upset: Tom Keen v. […]

Republican Sen. Corey Simon has held onto his seat in 2024's only competitive Florida Senate race, fending off Democrat lawyer Daryl Parks and continuing the historic feat of becoming the first conservative in over 100 years to represent the North Florida district. While former NFL star Simon was first elected in 2022—becoming Senate District 3's […]

Despised by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida's two hotly-contested ballot initiatives have both failed in a massive victory for the Republican Party, keeping weed illegal and the state's six-week abortion ban in place. The razor-thin fails follow Gov. DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis' 16 campaign events against Amendment 3, which would have legalized recreational marijuana, […]

A Clearwater man accused of assaulting Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's campaign manager at the city Courthouse was arrested for simple battery Monday evening, The Floridian learned. The arrest follows a police report filed with the Clearwater Police Department alleging 32-year-old Andrew Francis assaulted her campaign manager, Olivia Carson, at the Clearwater Courthouse Saturday afternoon. Carson filed […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday hosted his tenth and eleventh campaign events against Florida's ballot amendments, focusing today on a measure legalizing recreational marijuana that his administration argues should be "slaughtered." With just one day left until the election, DeSantis campaigned in Miami and Orlando alongside other state officials like Lieutenant Gov. Jeanette Nunez and […]

The Florida GOP believes Hillary Clinton's trip to Tampa signals liberal "desperation" ahead of the election, prompted by Joe Biden allegedly calling Trump supporters "garbage" in response to a pro-Trump comedian joking that Puerto Rico is a trash island. Clinton, a former First Lady and contender for President in 2016, is set to campaign for […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday touted Florida's leading economy as a top reason why voters should stomp out an amendment legalizing recreational marijuana, pointing out that the state's financial status is so good there's no need for additional "weed money" to buttress it. The Governor's comments happened at a West Palm Beach roundtable held to […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday questioned the need for legalized recreational marijuana when the state's medical weed program is already allegedly being taken advantage of. At his newest campaign event against a ballot initiative that would legalize recreational marijuana, called Amendment 3, the Florida Governor pointed out that nearly a million Floridians already have medical […]

The clock is ticking. In his seventh campaign-style event in two weeks, with seven days left until the election, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday implored Floridians to vote against two pro-abortion and pro-marijuana amendments that he believes to be deceptive and dangerous. While the Governor has blasted the two initiatives since they were slotted onto […]

Senate contender Debbie Mucarsel-Powell on Monday slammed her opponent Rick Scott as a “fraud” and accused Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration of silencing Jewish beliefs just eight days ahead of the election for reddened Florida’s surprisingly tight race.  In her bid to upset the fabulously wealthy incumbent, Mucarsel-Powell, a Latina immigrant and former one-term Congresswoman from […]

After Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis rounded out five campaign events this week opposing a new measure legalizing weed, one of the Governor's top staffers has taken to social media to create and laud a list of who is voting "no" on the controversial, Trump-endorsed measure. While the Governor has eviscerated […]