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Gov. Ron DeSantis will not be able to run again in 2026 due to term limits. Here's a breakdown of who's planning to run for Florida governor so far.
"The State will not tolerate such an unconstitutional deviation," Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wrote in a letter to Miami officials.
Miami postponed its 2025 elections. Why did the city do it? The move would schedule city elections to coincide with even-year midterms and presidential elections, but is opposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and others.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation ( SB 892) formally establishing the Center, which has existed since 2023 at the Tallahassee campus. Sen. Corey Simon, a Tallahassee Republican, spoke to the Senate Higher Education Appropriations Committee in April and explained the law’s impact.
Miami city commissioners have triggered a political firestorm by voting to postpone their November 2025 municipal election by an entire year,
A significant shift toward paper ballots and paper records of electronic votes to more easily audit election results, as well as electronic methods to verify registered voters when they show up to vote, could be a boon in providing election security, said Donald Palmer, chairman of the federal Election Assistance Commission.
State Rep. Toby Overdorf announced his bid to succeed Gayle Harrell in the Florida Senate July 7. Overdorf also must leave office when his current term is up because of term limits.
Former Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez, one of nine candidates running for Mayor in the now-canceled November election, has filed a lawsuit challenging the City Commission’s decision to delay the
Michael Hepburn and Emilio Gonzalez are among the Miami mayoral candidates who were protesting the election’s 12-month delay.
The city of Miami is headed for a legal showdown for delaying the 2025 election until next year despite a warning from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier that it was illegal to do so without voter approval.
The Florida AG cautioned against moving the election without voter approval, saying his office “reserves the right to consider taking all available actions.”
In the past five special elections in Florida, Democrats have turned out in greater numbers and outperformed their party’s previous margins from November. Democrat Josh Weil ran an unsuccessful campaign for a U.S. House seat in a special election earlier ...