Fentrice Driskell

Florida House Leader Fentrice Driskell ripped Gov. Ron DeSantis's trip to Idaho and Montana on Monday as a "political stunt," accusing the governor of neglecting real Florida issues. Rep. Driskell, from Tampa, spoke to reporters on a Monday morning Zoom call ahead of DeSantis's western excursion encouraging state legislatures to demand a constitutional amendment forcing […]

Florida Democrats filed a bill Tuesday aimed at repealing the state's controversial six-week abortion ban and restoring abortion policies to their pre-2022 status before the Supreme Court squashed federal protections. The measure was introduced in direct response to a majority of Floridians voting in November to reject the state's six-week ban, House Bill 741 sponsor […]

MIAMI - House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell on Thursday named her House Democratic Caucus leadership team for the 2024-26 legislative term. Rep. Christine Hunschofsky (D-Parkland) will serve as Democratic Leader Pro Tempore. Her duties will include assisting Driskell in carrying out leadership duties as assigned and filling in as caucus leader if Driskell is absent. […]

Republicans want to "aggressively" respond to President Donald Trump's (R) call to crack down on illegal immigration, but Florida Rep. Fentrice Driskell (D) is sounding the alarm on the proposed immigration bill.

MIAMI - House Speaker Daniel "Danny" Perez, R-Miami, welcomed Rep. Susan Valdes, R-Tampa, to the Republican Party after she abruptly switched her party registration from Democrat to Republican on Monday. "I'm thrilled to welcome @SusanLValdesFL to the House Republican supermajority," Perez said Monday on social media.  Ironically enough, Valdes was reelected last month as a […]

Democrat state Rep. Susan Valdes is a liberal no more, she announced Monday afternoon, revealing that she has switched to the Republican Party months after winning reelection in House District 64 and a week after losing her bid to be the Democratic chair of Hillsborough County. The party switch for Rep. Valdes, 60, gives Republicans […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL—Governor Ron DeSantis signed a Republican-led, watered-down bill loosening child labor laws on Friday afternoon, leading to questions of why the Legislature's conservative supermajority would be willing to remove the bill's teeth. "If you look at what was originally filed, and then compare it to what eventually passed, I think that's a really interesting story […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL --- House Democrats hope for a united front on a new bill defining and protecting against antisemitism. Just yesterday, dissension within the party caused concerns that the bill may be weaponized against Palestinian supporters. "It's already been through its two committees, it's ready for the floor," HB 187 sponsor Democrat Rep. Mike Gottlieb […]

Leaders of the Democratic party have joined forces to release a statement on Hamas’ attack on Israel