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Matt Gaetz speaks at an event in Marion, Ill., on Feb. 16, 2024.
Who’s running for Florida governor? How the 2026 field is shaping up.
The race has already had its first shakeup.
Did DeSantis take a shot at Matt Gaetz for considering a governor bid?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, speaks before President-elect Donald Trump during a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Palm Beach.
The governor seemingly criticized Gaetz for resigning his House seat.
ACLU sues DeSantis for not calling special elections for state Legislature seats
Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the audience during the Florida Freedom Summit on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Orlando.
“The election dates will be announced soon,” a spokesman for the Florida Department of State said.
Trump: Change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the ‘Gulf of America’
President-elect Donald Trump walks from the podium after a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The President-elect has lots of ideas about the world’s maps.

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  1. ACLU sues DeSantis for not calling special elections for state Legislature seats
    Yesterday• Elections
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the audience during the Florida Freedom Summit on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Orlando.
  2. DeSantis signs first death warrant of year, for man convicted in 1997 murders
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis listens during a town hall at the LaBelle Winery on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in Derry, New Hampshire.
  3. Appeals court dismisses Andrew Warren’s lawsuit against DeSantis
    Yesterday• Politics
    Ousted Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren is seen before a CNN interview on Aug. 17, 2022, in Tallahassee. Warren can no longer challenge his 2022 suspension from office because his elected term has ended, an appeals court ruled Friday.
  5. Who’s running for Florida governor? How the 2026 field is shaping up.
    Yesterday• Politics
    Matt Gaetz speaks at an event in Marion, Ill., on Feb. 16, 2024.
  6. A few questions about Trump renaming the Gulf of Mexico | Column
    Yesterday• Opinion
    U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club on Jan. 7 in Palm Beach.
  7. Did DeSantis take a shot at Matt Gaetz for considering a governor bid?
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, speaks before President-elect Donald Trump during a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Palm Beach.
  8. Florida cancels transgender activist’s new ID after changed gender label
    Jan. 8• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attends a rally on Saturday, Jan 13, 2024, at the Never Back Down super PAC headquarters in West Des Moines, IA.
  9. Florida marijuana case could change police searches of vehicles
    Jan. 8• Crime
    A marijuana plant is seen at a medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., March 22, 2019.
  10. Grand jury COVID probe requested by DeSantis finds no evidence of criminal activity
    Jan. 8• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis gestures during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, at the Tampa Electric Company offices in Tampa.
  11. Florida sheriff placed on Brady list of law officers deemed untrustworthy
    Jan. 8• Florida
    Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez answers questions from the media following his swearing-in ceremony outside the Osceola County Historical Courthouse in downtown Kissimmee, on Tuesday, January 5, 2021.
  12. Worrell returns as Orange-Osceola state attorney while grand jury decision looms
    Jan. 8• Politics
    Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell is sworn in by state Rep. LaVon Bracy Davis, D-Ocoee, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.
  13. Meta ending third-party fact-checking partnership with US partners
    Jan. 7• Politics
    Attendees visit the Meta booth at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on March 22, 2023.
  14. Matt Gaetz: ‘I am starting to think about running for governor’
    Jan. 7• Politics
    Then-U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R- Fla., speaks onstage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee.
  15. Bondi, Moody help swear in Suzy Lopez as Hillsborough state attorney
    Jan. 7• Hillsborough
    Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, center, assists with the swearing-in of Hillsborough State Attorney Suzy Lopez, right, on Tuesday, at the State Attorney's Office in downtown Tampa. Also attending, at left, is Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and Lopez’s mother, Melinda Pendino.
  16. Trump: Change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the ‘Gulf of America’
    Jan. 7• Politics
    President-elect Donald Trump walks from the podium after a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
  17. Biden issues ban on offshore drilling in most federal waters. Trump vows to undo it.
    Jan. 6• Environment
    President Joe Biden, shown in this Jan. 3 photo, is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters.
  18. Employers press Congress to cement health price transparency before Trump’s return
    Jan. 4• Health
    Georgia could feel some impact if Republican President-elect Donald Trump, shown campaigning in October at the McCamish Pavilion at Georgia Tech. @hile President Joe Biden added requirements to make pricing information more user-friendly, Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House has raised questions about what’s next, even though posting prices is an area of rare bipartisan agreement.
  19. Republican Mike Johnson reelected House speaker after dramatic floor vote
    Jan. 3• Nation & World
    Speaker of the House Mike Johnson listens as his name is put into nomination as the House of Representatives convenes the 119th Congress with a slim Republican majority, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025.
  20. States are walking away from high school exit tests. Is Florida next?
    Jan. 3• Education
    State Sen. Corey Simon, R-Tallahassee, chairman of the Senate Education PreK-12 Committee, proposed eliminating Florida's high school graduation test requirements during the 2024 legislative session. Similar legislation is expected again in the 2025 session.
  21. How a Fox News report fueled false claims about the New Orleans suspect
    Jan. 2• Nation & World
    A black flag with white lettering lies on the ground rolled up behind a pickup truck that a man drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing and injuring a number of people, early Wednesday morning, Jan. 1, 2025.
  22. Former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay dies at 91
    Jan. 2• Politics
    Then-Lt. Gov. Buddy MacKay, right back, receives a warm response from the Sunday school students at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Sunday, Nov. 1, 1998, during a campaign stop in St. Petersburg.
  23. Tampa Electric, Duke seek big bill increases to pay for 2024 hurricanes
    Jan. 2• Business
    Damage and debris visible behind businesses after Hurricane Helene at the John's Pass Boardwalk on Oct. 2, 2024, on Madeira Beach.
  24. Where did the anti-Trump protesters go?
    Jan. 1• Politics
    Demonstrators rally at Demens Landing Park before the Women's Solidarity March St. Pete in downtown St. Petersburg on Jan. 21, 2017. St. Petersburg Police said 20,000 participated in the event, which made the sister event to the Women's March on Washington the largest demonstration ever held in St. Petersburg.
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