Ron DeSantis

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Term-limited; leaves office in January 2027

Byron Donalds won Florida's governor race with 50.02% of the vote to Democrat David Jolly's 48.7%. The roughly 107,700-vote margin made him the state's first Black governor and the first Black Republican elected governor in the country.

Updated 4 hours ago

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Leaves office Jan. 5, 2027

Florida's Legislature requires seven childhood vaccines for school entry. Four more — chickenpox, hepatitis B, Hib and pneumococcal disease — rest on a Department of Health rule. The department wants to drop those four, and on Nov. 9 an administrative law judge let two medical societies join the fight against it.

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As of September 2026: Signed the 2026 map into law in April

A Florida judge on September 13 blocked another Democrat-backed attempt to overturn the state's 2026 congressional map, which gives Republicans a projected 24 of 28 House seats. The ruling is the third setback this year for voting-rights groups suing under Florida's 2010 Fair Districts Amendments.

Updated Sep 13

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As of May 2026: Signed Florida's new congressional map on May 4, 2026, targeting four Democratic incumbents and potentially adding four Republican House seats

Congressional maps are normally redrawn once a decade, but Texas broke that convention in August 2025 at President Trump's urging, redrawing its map to target five Democratic-held seats and triggering a chain reaction. On April 29, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in Louisiana v. Callais, gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which had constrained Republican legislatures for decades. Within days, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a new map targeting four incumbent Democrats, Alabama called a special redistricting session, Louisiana suspended its upcoming primaries, and Tennessee split Memphis into three Republican-leaning districts.

Updated May 31

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As of May 2026: Partnered with TPUSA; created Charlie Kirk Prize

Nebraska became the sixth state to announce an official partnership with Turning Point USA to bring the conservative organization's Club America chapters to every public high school. Since founder Charlie Kirk's assassination in September 2025, Republican governors have lined up to formalize state support. Some have threatened disciplinary action against schools that resist.

Updated May 27

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As of May 2026: Lost the 39-day season he announced for Florida

Anglers from North Carolina to Florida planned to launch boats at dawn on May 22. The night before, a federal judge in Washington told them to stand down.

Updated May 22

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As of May 2026: Defending executive order labeling CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood terrorist groups

In less than a month, Texas and Florida governors branded CAIR, the country's largest Muslim civil rights group, a "foreign terrorist organization." Both states ordered cuts to contracts, jobs, and funding. CAIR calls it a smear campaign; the governors say they're targeting Hamas-linked extremists.

Updated May 10

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As of May 2026: Proposed AI bill of rights to protect communities from data center impacts

Since late 2022, U.S. regulators and utilities have warned that AI-optimized data centers could reshape national power demand, ending an era of flat electricity consumption and forcing rapid buildout of generation and transmission. By early 2026, those warnings have crystallized into concrete challenges. PJM Interconnection's December 2025 capacity auction hit the $333.44/MW-day price cap and failed to meet reliability requirements for the first time in its history. Data centers accounted for $6.5 billion—or 40%—of the auction's $16.4 billion in costs.

Updated May 10

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As of May 2026: Signed 2024 bear lethal‑force law; appointed and reappointed pro‑hunt FWC leadership

Florida launched a state-sanctioned black bear hunt on December 6, 2025, the first since 2015. The state allowed 172 lottery-selected permit holders to kill one bear each across four hunting zones. Only 52 bears were harvested by season's end on December 28, per FWC data released December 29.

Updated May 10