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6 days ago | 
politico.com | Kimberly Leonard |Isa Dominguez
Janette Nesheiwat joins a growing list of Floridians who’ve gotten tripped up in their Trump administration journey. | George Walker IV/AP Good morning and happy Friday. President DONALD TRUMP seems to have a Florida-sized personnel issue. This week, former Fox News contributor JANETTE NESHEIWAT became the latest Trump appointee to have her nomination pulled.
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1 week ago | 
politico.com | Kimberly Leonard |Isa Dominguez
DeSantis and other proponents of cutting property taxes say local governments’ budgets have swelled in recent years as property values have gone up. | Lynne Sladky/AP Good morning and welcome to Thursday. Gov. RON DESANTIS and the Republican Party of Florida are priming the electorate early on the issue of property taxes.
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1 week ago | 
politico.com | Kimberly Leonard |Isa Dominguez
“We would not be No. 1 economy,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said, “had we governed like New York or Chicago.” | Lynne Sladky/AP Good morning and welcome to Wednesday. One of Gov. RON DESANTIS’ favorite rankings to talk about are hot off the press. U.S. News & World Report is out with “Best States,” and places Florida at No. 6 overall, a jump from No. 9 last year.
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1 week ago | 
politico.com | Kimberly Leonard |Isa Dominguez
“It’s not going to be easy for us to win,” Broward County Commissioner Steve Geller told the audience at a recent town hall in Plantation. | Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images Good morning and welcome to Tuesday. Florida Democrats haven’t seen much recent good news. They faced a brutal split in their top ranks last month, keep losing ground to the GOP in voter registrations and have seen little in the way of fundraising.
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1 week ago | 
politico.com | Kimberly Leonard |Isa Dominguez
Now Waltz will be the one facing senators, where he’s expected to have to answer questions about Signalgate. | AP Photo/Alex Brandon Good morning and happy Friday. A Florida Man has become the first person to get a “You’re (sorta) fired” during President DONALD TRUMP’s second term. On Thursday, Trump removed MIKE WALTZ from his job as national security adviser and then nominated him as US ambassador to the United Nations, in a role that’ll require Senate confirmation.
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2 weeks ago | 
politico.com | Kimberly Leonard |Isa Dominguez
Good morning and welcome to May. Former Rep. DAVID JOLLY took his Democratic conversion to a Methodist church in Plantation on Wednesday night. The event, dubbed a “National Emergency Town Hall” and organized by a coalition of Democratic-leaning organizations, happened days after Jolly became a Democrat and launched a state political committee ahead of a potential run for governor.
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2 weeks ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Kimberly Leonard |Gary Fineout |Isa Dominguez |Liv Caputo
Good morning and welcome to Wednesday.GOP state Sen. BLAISE INGOGLIA’s name has been batted around for months as the person Gov. RON DESANTIS is expected to pick to be Florida’s next chief financial officer.And it appears he’s still the most likely person to land the job, according to five people close to the decision who were granted anonymity to discuss private conversations.
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2 weeks ago | 
politico.com | Kimberly Leonard |Gary Fineout |Isa Dominguez
Ingoglia’s elevation to the role would mean the selection of a staunch DeSantis political and ideological supporter rather than the president's first choice. | Phil Sears/AP Good morning and welcome to Wednesday. GOP state Sen. BLAISE INGOGLIA’s name has been batted around for months as the person Gov. RON DESANTIS is expected to pick to be Florida’s next chief financial officer.
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2 weeks ago | 
politico.com | Kimberly Leonard |Isa Dominguez
Good morning and welcome to Tuesday. Miami’s Republican members of Congress are being thrust into the spotlight over President DONALD TRUMP’s immigration policies. Ads and billboards have gone up from a new Democratic dark-money group called Keep Them Honest, Inc. targeting Secretary of State MARCO RUBIO as well as Republican Reps. MARIO DÍAZ-BALART, CARLOS GIMÉNEZ and MARÍA ELVIRA SALAZAR.
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3 weeks ago | 
politico.com | Kimberly Leonard |Gary Fineout |Isa Dominguez
David Jolly launched a state political committee, the clearest sign yet he's laying the groundwork for a possible bid for Florida governor. | Courtesy Florida 2026. Good morning and welcome to Thursday. Former Republican Rep. DAVID JOLLY has taken his first step toward a possible run for governor by launching his political committee, “Florida 2026.”And he’s now officially a registered Democrat.
