Speculation has already run rampant on who Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will appoint to replace Sen. Marco Rubio if Rubio becomes President-elect Trump's secretary of state.
The president-elect is the first Floridian elected to the White House. He’s bringing some of his neighbors along with him.
If Trump selects Rubio as Secretary of State, DeSantis would gain the power to appoint a temporary Senate replacement.
With Florida Amendment 3 going several percentage points short of passage on Election Day, the hopes of weed users and companies went up in smoke.
This isn’t unusual or unexpected, as the nation’s most populous state is consistently among the slowest to report all its election results. Compare it to a state like Florida, the third-largest, which finished counting its votes four days after Election Day.
More than 6 million Florida voters, representing 57% of the vote, cast their ballot in favor of Amendment 4 on Election Day Tuesday. Yet, the abortion measure failed to pass despite 1.5 million more Floridians voting "yes" on the amendment rather than "no."
Here's which party is likely to control the House of Representatives in 2025 and how many of Florida’s House seats are filled by Republicans.
Florida voters failed to make abortion a constitutional right in the state despite a majority of Florida voters casting a ballot in favor of the amendment.
Let the game of dominoes begin. President-elect Donald Trump is quickly filling top roles in his administration. And, as expected, prominent positions are going to Floridians. Trump is expected to nominate Sen.
A strong across-the-board showing by Donald Trump helped propel the Republican former president to victory in Florida, once a preeminent swing state that has increasingly slipped out of Democrats’ grasp.
While the nation is anxiously waiting to see who will be the next president, Florida is watching six constitutional amendments.