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class="subheadline w-100 mb-8">See the 2024 general election results for statewide races, amendments 3 and 4 and local government.</div></div></div></div><div class="group w-100 pb-md-12 mb-md-12 flex-md-no-wrap"><div class="story-item horizontal-vertical-no-details story w-100 w-md-fill vs vs-md-none hs-md"><div class="group column w-100"><div class="group text-align-left w-100"><div class="headline w-fill mb-8 mr-8 w-xmd-100 mr-xmd-0 order-xmd-last"><a href="/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/11/05/florida-abortion-amendment-4-ban-explained-what-next/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Tray" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Unnamed Feature", "link":"/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/11/05/florida-abortion-amendment-4-ban-explained-what-next/"}">Florida’s abortion Amendment 4 failed. What to know now.</a></div><div class="media w-50 mb-16 w-xmd-100 order-xmd-first"><a href="/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/11/05/florida-abortion-amendment-4-ban-explained-what-next/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Tray" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Unnamed Feature", "link":"/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/11/05/florida-abortion-amendment-4-ban-explained-what-next/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/women-react-after-news-that-amendment-4-BZ7X2S2TRFF7VLBJBX7ER7SPZU.jpg?auth=79bc8f03aa11c10415af340952f42d1c0cbad8ca4535f879860c7c742a9753c3&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" 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src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Women react after news that Amendment 4 is projected to fail during the Yes on 4 Election Day watch party, in support of abortion reform in Florida, Tuesday, Nov. 5, in St. Petersburg." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/women-react-after-news-that-amendment-4-BZ7X2S2TRFF7VLBJBX7ER7SPZU.jpg?auth=79bc8f03aa11c10415af340952f42d1c0cbad8ca4535f879860c7c742a9753c3&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div><div class="subheadline text-align-left w-100 mb-8">Florida’s law bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. </div></div></div><div class="story-item horizontal-vertical-no-details story w-100 w-md-fill vs vs-md-none hs-md"><div class="group column w-100"><div class="group text-align-left w-100"><div class="headline w-fill mb-8 mr-8 w-xmd-100 mr-xmd-0 order-xmd-last"><a href="/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/11/05/suzy-lopez-andrew-warren-hillsborough-state-attorney-desantis/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Tray" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Unnamed Feature", "link":"/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/11/05/suzy-lopez-andrew-warren-hillsborough-state-attorney-desantis/"}">Suzy Lopez bests Andrew Warren in Hillsborough state attorney race</a></div><div class="media w-50 mb-16 w-xmd-100 order-xmd-first"><a href="/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/11/05/suzy-lopez-andrew-warren-hillsborough-state-attorney-desantis/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Tray" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Unnamed Feature", "link":"/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/11/05/suzy-lopez-andrew-warren-hillsborough-state-attorney-desantis/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" 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srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/hillsborough-county-sheriff-chad-W3SP4KVZCJBK3NG2GXC3DTI7DE.jpg?auth=74b815ce1a5245733f399e53aea597eae4f45d230509b78ef24505da7c55a7f8&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, left, and Hillsborough State Attorney Suzy Lopez attend a newsconference inside the Falkenburg Road Jail Assembly Room at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office on Oct. 15 in Tampa." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, left, and Hillsborough State Attorney Suzy Lopez attend a newsconference inside the Falkenburg Road Jail Assembly Room at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office on Oct. 15 in Tampa." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/hillsborough-county-sheriff-chad-W3SP4KVZCJBK3NG2GXC3DTI7DE.jpg?auth=74b815ce1a5245733f399e53aea597eae4f45d230509b78ef24505da7c55a7f8&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div><div class="subheadline text-align-left w-100 mb-8">Lopez led with 52% of the vote to Warren’s 47%. Lopez’s win is a victory for Gov. Ron DeSantis, who suspended Warren in 2022.</div></div></div><div class="story-item horizontal-vertical-no-details story w-100 w-md-fill"><div class="group column w-100"><div class="group text-align-left w-100"><div class="headline w-fill mb-8 mr-8 w-xmd-100 mr-xmd-0 order-xmd-last"><a href="/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/11/05/donald-trump-dominates-kamala-harris-florida/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Tray" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Unnamed Feature", "link":"/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/11/05/donald-trump-dominates-kamala-harris-florida/"}">Donald Trump dominates Kamala Harris in Florida</a></div><div class="media w-50 mb-16 w-xmd-100 order-xmd-first"><a href="/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/11/05/donald-trump-dominates-kamala-harris-florida/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Tray" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Unnamed Feature", "link":"/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/11/05/donald-trump-dominates-kamala-harris-florida/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/republican-presidential-nominee-former-FWS3R372REKTSOFB6QO6CDNXGQ.jpg?auth=a4ff62154ebfa2b30df2bac0545dc16444ae344d9c6b27b81b352ef590a26489&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/republican-presidential-nominee-former-FWS3R372REKTSOFB6QO6CDNXGQ.jpg?auth=a4ff62154ebfa2b30df2bac0545dc16444ae344d9c6b27b81b352ef590a26489&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/republican-presidential-nominee-former-FWS3R372REKTSOFB6QO6CDNXGQ.jpg?auth=a4ff62154ebfa2b30df2bac0545dc16444ae344d9c6b27b81b352ef590a26489&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/republican-presidential-nominee-former-FWS3R372REKTSOFB6QO6CDNXGQ.jpg?auth=a4ff62154ebfa2b30df2bac0545dc16444ae344d9c6b27b81b352ef590a26489&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump waves as he exits after a news conference on Oct. 29 at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump waves as he exits after a news conference on Oct. 29 at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/republican-presidential-nominee-former-FWS3R372REKTSOFB6QO6CDNXGQ.jpg?auth=a4ff62154ebfa2b30df2bac0545dc16444ae344d9c6b27b81b352ef590a26489&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div><div class="subheadline text-align-left w-100 mb-8">Democrats said for months that Florida was in play. It wasn’t.</div></div></div></div></div><div class="heading mb-16 mt-32 uppercase"><h2 class="fs-md d_fs-md fw-bold align-left border-top border-light border-fill border-lean">Latest</h2></div><ol class="feed feed--no-blurb"><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/25/byron-donalds-governor-trump-announcement-2026/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/25/byron-donalds-governor-trump-announcement-2026/"}">Byron Donalds announces 2026 run for governor </a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-26T03:20:21.606Z">2 hours ago</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Politics</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/25/byron-donalds-governor-trump-announcement-2026/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - 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undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/24/desantis-declines-back-trumps-pick-governor-floats-wife-casey/"}">DeSantis declines to back Trump’s pick for governor, floats wife, Casey</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-24T17:04:40.775Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Politics</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/24/desantis-declines-back-trumps-pick-governor-floats-wife-casey/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/24/desantis-declines-back-trumps-pick-governor-floats-wife-casey/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/gov-ron-desantis-seen-here-speaking-on-5DVLHJYFAVCSJBGW757TULBVXY.jpg?auth=b9792f8e9ac83ecb150e625680267df49977fff128b071e6e94bc7f204b1f97c&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/gov-ron-desantis-seen-here-speaking-on-5DVLHJYFAVCSJBGW757TULBVXY.jpg?auth=b9792f8e9ac83ecb150e625680267df49977fff128b071e6e94bc7f204b1f97c&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/gov-ron-desantis-seen-here-speaking-on-5DVLHJYFAVCSJBGW757TULBVXY.jpg?auth=b9792f8e9ac83ecb150e625680267df49977fff128b071e6e94bc7f204b1f97c&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/gov-ron-desantis-seen-here-speaking-on-5DVLHJYFAVCSJBGW757TULBVXY.jpg?auth=b9792f8e9ac83ecb150e625680267df49977fff128b071e6e94bc7f204b1f97c&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Gov. Ron DeSantis, seen here speaking on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Tampa, wants to weigh in on who should be Florida's next governor." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Gov. Ron DeSantis, seen here speaking on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Tampa, wants to weigh in on who should be Florida's next governor." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/gov-ron-desantis-seen-here-speaking-on-5DVLHJYFAVCSJBGW757TULBVXY.jpg?auth=b9792f8e9ac83ecb150e625680267df49977fff128b071e6e94bc7f204b1f97c&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/21/byron-donalds-trump-desantis-erika-charter-schools-governor/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/21/byron-donalds-trump-desantis-erika-charter-schools-governor/"}">Who is Byron Donalds? Donald Trump just endorsed him for governor.</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-21T19:42:47.319Z">Feb. 21</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Politics</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/21/byron-donalds-trump-desantis-erika-charter-schools-governor/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/21/byron-donalds-trump-desantis-erika-charter-schools-governor/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/rep-byron-donalds-r-fla-speaks-before-LDLBAWPQK7LFVMDHMXMIMRK7OQ.jpg?auth=391fed4d038c3c6f3a07691d784697dd48d9eaee7d52bfc0f206da74a398d332&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/rep-byron-donalds-r-fla-speaks-before-LDLBAWPQK7LFVMDHMXMIMRK7OQ.jpg?auth=391fed4d038c3c6f3a07691d784697dd48d9eaee7d52bfc0f206da74a398d332&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/rep-byron-donalds-r-fla-speaks-before-LDLBAWPQK7LFVMDHMXMIMRK7OQ.jpg?auth=391fed4d038c3c6f3a07691d784697dd48d9eaee7d52bfc0f206da74a398d332&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/rep-byron-donalds-r-fla-speaks-before-LDLBAWPQK7LFVMDHMXMIMRK7OQ.jpg?auth=391fed4d038c3c6f3a07691d784697dd48d9eaee7d52bfc0f206da74a398d332&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., speaks before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Trump National Doral Miami, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Doral." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., speaks before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Trump National Doral Miami, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Doral." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/rep-byron-donalds-r-fla-speaks-before-LDLBAWPQK7LFVMDHMXMIMRK7OQ.jpg?auth=391fed4d038c3c6f3a07691d784697dd48d9eaee7d52bfc0f206da74a398d332&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li id="ntv-story-item-feed" class="feed-item"></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/21/trump-donalds-governor-race-desantis-simpson-gaetz-election-candidates/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/21/trump-donalds-governor-race-desantis-simpson-gaetz-election-candidates/"}">‘The race for governor is over’: How Donald Trump upended Florida politics</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-21T15:42:42.745Z">Feb. 21</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Politics</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/21/trump-donalds-governor-race-desantis-simpson-gaetz-election-candidates/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/21/trump-donalds-governor-race-desantis-simpson-gaetz-election-candidates/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/president-donald-trump-speaks-at-the-S5XVJIEVVRNJDE64462DPFCNZA.jpg?auth=35ae8bbc345ff9b8b563d8a3e85876982584e2e67f19f6bc4f56a2c8d436bee1&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/president-donald-trump-speaks-at-the-S5XVJIEVVRNJDE64462DPFCNZA.jpg?auth=35ae8bbc345ff9b8b563d8a3e85876982584e2e67f19f6bc4f56a2c8d436bee1&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/president-donald-trump-speaks-at-the-S5XVJIEVVRNJDE64462DPFCNZA.jpg?auth=35ae8bbc345ff9b8b563d8a3e85876982584e2e67f19f6bc4f56a2c8d436bee1&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/president-donald-trump-speaks-at-the-S5XVJIEVVRNJDE64462DPFCNZA.jpg?auth=35ae8bbc345ff9b8b563d8a3e85876982584e2e67f19f6bc4f56a2c8d436bee1&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Governors Association meeting at the National Building Museum in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 20." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Governors Association meeting at the National Building Museum in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 20." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/president-donald-trump-speaks-at-the-S5XVJIEVVRNJDE64462DPFCNZA.jpg?auth=35ae8bbc345ff9b8b563d8a3e85876982584e2e67f19f6bc4f56a2c8d436bee1&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/18/pinellas-wants-expand-cross-bay-ferry-barrier-hillsborough-county/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/18/pinellas-wants-expand-cross-bay-ferry-barrier-hillsborough-county/"}">Pinellas wants to expand the Cross Bay Ferry. The barrier? Hillsborough County</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-18T19:41:36.027Z">Feb. 18</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Politics</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/18/pinellas-wants-expand-cross-bay-ferry-barrier-hillsborough-county/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/18/pinellas-wants-expand-cross-bay-ferry-barrier-hillsborough-county/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/cross-bay-ferry-R3WAWQDCZNFBLJBQ7U673PGDVQ.jpg?auth=b1c04cdab996d9440414fcfc3c9056d5ac93e9e81d7a1152af414083505e63b6&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/cross-bay-ferry-R3WAWQDCZNFBLJBQ7U673PGDVQ.jpg?auth=b1c04cdab996d9440414fcfc3c9056d5ac93e9e81d7a1152af414083505e63b6&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/cross-bay-ferry-R3WAWQDCZNFBLJBQ7U673PGDVQ.jpg?auth=b1c04cdab996d9440414fcfc3c9056d5ac93e9e81d7a1152af414083505e63b6&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/cross-bay-ferry-R3WAWQDCZNFBLJBQ7U673PGDVQ.jpg?auth=b1c04cdab996d9440414fcfc3c9056d5ac93e9e81d7a1152af414083505e63b6&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Cross Bay Ferry" class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Cross Bay Ferry" itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/cross-bay-ferry-R3WAWQDCZNFBLJBQ7U673PGDVQ.jpg?auth=b1c04cdab996d9440414fcfc3c9056d5ac93e9e81d7a1152af414083505e63b6&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/17/trump-gaetz-2026-governor-desantis-byron-donalds-truth-social/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/17/trump-gaetz-2026-governor-desantis-byron-donalds-truth-social/"}">Does Donald Trump have a favorite Republican in the 2026 governor’s race?</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-17T17:16:33.499Z">Feb. 17</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Politics</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/17/trump-gaetz-2026-governor-desantis-byron-donalds-truth-social/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/17/trump-gaetz-2026-governor-desantis-byron-donalds-truth-social/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/rep-byron-donalds-r-fla-arrives-before-5I6NHM6MODLMYNSAMGLNS5DT5A.jpg?auth=78c1a78e6b80162cd161685b0580c2341eaa6a25aafdc178f285fc191e0d3357&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/rep-byron-donalds-r-fla-arrives-before-5I6NHM6MODLMYNSAMGLNS5DT5A.jpg?auth=78c1a78e6b80162cd161685b0580c2341eaa6a25aafdc178f285fc191e0d3357&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/rep-byron-donalds-r-fla-arrives-before-5I6NHM6MODLMYNSAMGLNS5DT5A.jpg?auth=78c1a78e6b80162cd161685b0580c2341eaa6a25aafdc178f285fc191e0d3357&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/rep-byron-donalds-r-fla-arrives-before-5I6NHM6MODLMYNSAMGLNS5DT5A.jpg?auth=78c1a78e6b80162cd161685b0580c2341eaa6a25aafdc178f285fc191e0d3357&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., arrives before President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony with the Florida Panthers NHL hockey team to celebrate their 2024 Stanley Cup victory in the East Room of the the White House, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., arrives before President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony with the Florida Panthers NHL hockey team to celebrate their 2024 Stanley Cup victory in the East Room of the the White House, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/rep-byron-donalds-r-fla-arrives-before-5I6NHM6MODLMYNSAMGLNS5DT5A.jpg?auth=78c1a78e6b80162cd161685b0580c2341eaa6a25aafdc178f285fc191e0d3357&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/2025/02/12/are-mass-deportations-christian-florida-leaders-contemplate-question/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/2025/02/12/are-mass-deportations-christian-florida-leaders-contemplate-question/"}">Are mass deportations Christian? Florida leaders contemplate the question.</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-12T11:00:01Z">Feb. 12</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• News</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/2025/02/12/are-mass-deportations-christian-florida-leaders-contemplate-question/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/2025/02/12/are-mass-deportations-christian-florida-leaders-contemplate-question/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/florida-gov-ron-desantis-answers-YZIIGI66VFZVLYH3HLZOOALGSY.jpg?auth=54d0b4759d855a7cc5fe6f5f97dad069c79e94e01268ff272e80969cee78b945&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/florida-gov-ron-desantis-answers-YZIIGI66VFZVLYH3HLZOOALGSY.jpg?auth=54d0b4759d855a7cc5fe6f5f97dad069c79e94e01268ff272e80969cee78b945&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/florida-gov-ron-desantis-answers-YZIIGI66VFZVLYH3HLZOOALGSY.jpg?auth=54d0b4759d855a7cc5fe6f5f97dad069c79e94e01268ff272e80969cee78b945&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/florida-gov-ron-desantis-answers-YZIIGI66VFZVLYH3HLZOOALGSY.jpg?auth=54d0b4759d855a7cc5fe6f5f97dad069c79e94e01268ff272e80969cee78b945&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions at a July 2024 news conference in St. Petersburg." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions at a July 2024 news conference in St. Petersburg." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/florida-gov-ron-desantis-answers-YZIIGI66VFZVLYH3HLZOOALGSY.jpg?auth=54d0b4759d855a7cc5fe6f5f97dad069c79e94e01268ff272e80969cee78b945&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><div class="feed-vert"><div class="vert html-advertisement vert-feed"><div class="vert__ad" id="AdditionalMediumRectangle2-1" data-adbridg-ad-class="adb-additional-medrect"></div></div></div><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/06/republican-state-representative-rips-desantis-candidacy-dispute/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/06/republican-state-representative-rips-desantis-candidacy-dispute/"}">Republican state representative rips DeSantis in candidacy dispute</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-06T12:53:48.282Z">Feb. 6</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Politics</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/06/republican-state-representative-rips-desantis-candidacy-dispute/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/06/republican-state-representative-rips-desantis-candidacy-dispute/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/then-state-sen-debbie-mayfield-is-SXSLXQP4DNDS5EPBCDWJPN6NZI.jpg?auth=de7993facdc89870edcef4e0cc095e2a14d9748ee352175258ca63037739bb07&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/then-state-sen-debbie-mayfield-is-SXSLXQP4DNDS5EPBCDWJPN6NZI.jpg?auth=de7993facdc89870edcef4e0cc095e2a14d9748ee352175258ca63037739bb07&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/then-state-sen-debbie-mayfield-is-SXSLXQP4DNDS5EPBCDWJPN6NZI.jpg?auth=de7993facdc89870edcef4e0cc095e2a14d9748ee352175258ca63037739bb07&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/then-state-sen-debbie-mayfield-is-SXSLXQP4DNDS5EPBCDWJPN6NZI.jpg?auth=de7993facdc89870edcef4e0cc095e2a14d9748ee352175258ca63037739bb07&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Then-state Sen. Debbie Mayfield is pictured during the discussion of a bill related to kratom." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Then-state Sen. Debbie Mayfield is pictured during the discussion of a bill related to kratom." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/then-state-sen-debbie-mayfield-is-SXSLXQP4DNDS5EPBCDWJPN6NZI.jpg?auth=de7993facdc89870edcef4e0cc095e2a14d9748ee352175258ca63037739bb07&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/hillsborough/2025/02/06/panel-weighs-if-hillsborough-judge-nancy-jacobs-broke-ethics-rules-campaign/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/hillsborough/2025/02/06/panel-weighs-if-hillsborough-judge-nancy-jacobs-broke-ethics-rules-campaign/"}">Panel weighs if Hillsborough Judge Nancy Jacobs broke ethics rules </a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-06T10:00:00Z">Feb. 6</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Hillsborough</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/hillsborough/2025/02/06/panel-weighs-if-hillsborough-judge-nancy-jacobs-broke-ethics-rules-campaign/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/hillsborough/2025/02/06/panel-weighs-if-hillsborough-judge-nancy-jacobs-broke-ethics-rules-campaign/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/hillsborough-circuit-judge-nancy-jacobs-2NRBBKZ7SZDOBFGLTAI65ZPVXI.jpg?auth=c1ea67d0a9a618499f03fe6c0add1ff79d9953e6c8f2af961efd399ebe8e1c46&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/hillsborough-circuit-judge-nancy-jacobs-2NRBBKZ7SZDOBFGLTAI65ZPVXI.jpg?auth=c1ea67d0a9a618499f03fe6c0add1ff79d9953e6c8f2af961efd399ebe8e1c46&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/hillsborough-circuit-judge-nancy-jacobs-2NRBBKZ7SZDOBFGLTAI65ZPVXI.jpg?auth=c1ea67d0a9a618499f03fe6c0add1ff79d9953e6c8f2af961efd399ebe8e1c46&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/hillsborough-circuit-judge-nancy-jacobs-2NRBBKZ7SZDOBFGLTAI65ZPVXI.jpg?auth=c1ea67d0a9a618499f03fe6c0add1ff79d9953e6c8f2af961efd399ebe8e1c46&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Hillsborough Circuit Judge Nancy Jacobs raises a hand while being sworn in to testify in a hearing before a panel of the Judicial Qualifications Commission. Jacobs is accused of violating judicial ethics rules for things she and her supporters said during and after her successful 2022 campaign against ex-Hillsborough Judge Jared Smith." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Hillsborough Circuit Judge Nancy Jacobs raises a hand while being sworn in to testify in a hearing before a panel of the Judicial Qualifications Commission. Jacobs is accused of violating judicial ethics rules for things she and her supporters said during and after her successful 2022 campaign against ex-Hillsborough Judge Jared Smith." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/hillsborough-circuit-judge-nancy-jacobs-2NRBBKZ7SZDOBFGLTAI65ZPVXI.jpg?auth=c1ea67d0a9a618499f03fe6c0add1ff79d9953e6c8f2af961efd399ebe8e1c46&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/04/florida-elections-supervisors-want-changes-after-mail-in-voting-requests-plummet/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/04/florida-elections-supervisors-want-changes-after-mail-in-voting-requests-plummet/"}">Florida elections supervisors want changes after mail-in voting requests plummet</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-04T19:38:44.949Z">Feb. 4</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Politics</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/02/04/florida-elections-supervisors-want-changes-after-mail-in-voting-requests-plummet/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/02/04/florida-elections-supervisors-want-changes-after-mail-in-voting-requests-plummet/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/voters-drop-off-mail-in-ballots-at-the-CPV7TYNKMJESRG6S5GVLSY4J3E.JPG?auth=20c6b222e0aaa51863fb603c2f5cdfc5e167fedf5bb4b01d6e28c0904cd5c194&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/voters-drop-off-mail-in-ballots-at-the-CPV7TYNKMJESRG6S5GVLSY4J3E.JPG?auth=20c6b222e0aaa51863fb603c2f5cdfc5e167fedf5bb4b01d6e28c0904cd5c194&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/voters-drop-off-mail-in-ballots-at-the-CPV7TYNKMJESRG6S5GVLSY4J3E.JPG?auth=20c6b222e0aaa51863fb603c2f5cdfc5e167fedf5bb4b01d6e28c0904cd5c194&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/voters-drop-off-mail-in-ballots-at-the-CPV7TYNKMJESRG6S5GVLSY4J3E.JPG?auth=20c6b222e0aaa51863fb603c2f5cdfc5e167fedf5bb4b01d6e28c0904cd5c194&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Voters drop off mail-in ballots at the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office in Tampa on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. " class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Voters drop off mail-in ballots at the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office in Tampa on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. " itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/voters-drop-off-mail-in-ballots-at-the-CPV7TYNKMJESRG6S5GVLSY4J3E.JPG?auth=20c6b222e0aaa51863fb603c2f5cdfc5e167fedf5bb4b01d6e28c0904cd5c194&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/breaking-news/2025/02/04/florida-voter-registration-fraud-arrests/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/breaking-news/2025/02/04/florida-voter-registration-fraud-arrests/"}">2 men arrested in voter registration fraud scheme in Pinellas County, feds say</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-04T15:35:36.396Z">Feb. 4</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Breaking News</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/breaking-news/2025/02/04/florida-voter-registration-fraud-arrests/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/breaking-news/2025/02/04/florida-voter-registration-fraud-arrests/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-russian-citizen-living-in-miami-beach-VOR25N6G7XXLMGVQVLQC2NL74E.jpg?auth=8f2984b95f55c815f149eca05f0b7085940f5f6d32adc464a15c1f288316c2e7&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-russian-citizen-living-in-miami-beach-VOR25N6G7XXLMGVQVLQC2NL74E.jpg?auth=8f2984b95f55c815f149eca05f0b7085940f5f6d32adc464a15c1f288316c2e7&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-russian-citizen-living-in-miami-beach-VOR25N6G7XXLMGVQVLQC2NL74E.jpg?auth=8f2984b95f55c815f149eca05f0b7085940f5f6d32adc464a15c1f288316c2e7&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-russian-citizen-living-in-miami-beach-VOR25N6G7XXLMGVQVLQC2NL74E.jpg?auth=8f2984b95f55c815f149eca05f0b7085940f5f6d32adc464a15c1f288316c2e7&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="A Russian citizen living in Miami Beach and an Uzbekistan citizen living in St. Petersburg are accused of submitting 132 fraudulent voter registration applications in a Pinellas County voter fraud scheme." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="A Russian citizen living in Miami Beach and an Uzbekistan citizen living in St. Petersburg are accused of submitting 132 fraudulent voter registration applications in a Pinellas County voter fraud scheme." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-russian-citizen-living-in-miami-beach-VOR25N6G7XXLMGVQVLQC2NL74E.jpg?auth=8f2984b95f55c815f149eca05f0b7085940f5f6d32adc464a15c1f288316c2e7&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/hillsborough/2025/02/04/judge-nancy-jacobs-takes-witness-stand-she-fights-ethics-case-over-2022-campaign/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/hillsborough/2025/02/04/judge-nancy-jacobs-takes-witness-stand-she-fights-ethics-case-over-2022-campaign/"}">Judge Nancy Jacobs takes witness stand as she fights ethics case over 2022 campaign</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-04T10:00:00Z">Feb. 4</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Hillsborough</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/hillsborough/2025/02/04/judge-nancy-jacobs-takes-witness-stand-she-fights-ethics-case-over-2022-campaign/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/hillsborough/2025/02/04/judge-nancy-jacobs-takes-witness-stand-she-fights-ethics-case-over-2022-campaign/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/hillsborough-circuit-judge-nancy-jacobs-6AOJQEZPF5CU5HQCZ5C6GRYNQI.jpg?auth=d5fda2f7b86fb1a7b311a105455bb983705cb9af47d4fbee903291285321742d&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/hillsborough-circuit-judge-nancy-jacobs-6AOJQEZPF5CU5HQCZ5C6GRYNQI.jpg?auth=d5fda2f7b86fb1a7b311a105455bb983705cb9af47d4fbee903291285321742d&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/hillsborough-circuit-judge-nancy-jacobs-6AOJQEZPF5CU5HQCZ5C6GRYNQI.jpg?auth=d5fda2f7b86fb1a7b311a105455bb983705cb9af47d4fbee903291285321742d&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/hillsborough-circuit-judge-nancy-jacobs-6AOJQEZPF5CU5HQCZ5C6GRYNQI.jpg?auth=d5fda2f7b86fb1a7b311a105455bb983705cb9af47d4fbee903291285321742d&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Hillsborough Circuit Judge Nancy Jacobs prepares to testify Monday in her Judicial Qualifications Commission hearing. Jacobs is accused of violating judicial ethics rules in her successful 2022 campaign against Judge Jared Smith, who was criticized over a ruling he made in an abortion case." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Hillsborough Circuit Judge Nancy Jacobs prepares to testify Monday in her Judicial Qualifications Commission hearing. Jacobs is accused of violating judicial ethics rules in her successful 2022 campaign against Judge Jared Smith, who was criticized over a ruling he made in an abortion case." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/hillsborough-circuit-judge-nancy-jacobs-6AOJQEZPF5CU5HQCZ5C6GRYNQI.jpg?auth=d5fda2f7b86fb1a7b311a105455bb983705cb9af47d4fbee903291285321742d&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida-politics/elections/2025/01/28/trump-endorsed-candidates-win-primary-races-replace-matt-gaetz-mike-waltz/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/elections/2025/01/28/trump-endorsed-candidates-win-primary-races-replace-matt-gaetz-mike-waltz/"}">Trump-endorsed candidates win primary races to replace Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-01-29T02:59:46.046Z">Jan. 29</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Elections</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida-politics/elections/2025/01/28/trump-endorsed-candidates-win-primary-races-replace-matt-gaetz-mike-waltz/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/elections/2025/01/28/trump-endorsed-candidates-win-primary-races-replace-matt-gaetz-mike-waltz/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/republican-state-rep-randy-fine-pictured-IVNB5IVHEWILDMCVXK4A3RWLD4.jpg?auth=4aefb5af9332918abdebb20144d8d5048091cf5949b5621e80ef34dbcf97d863&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/republican-state-rep-randy-fine-pictured-IVNB5IVHEWILDMCVXK4A3RWLD4.jpg?auth=4aefb5af9332918abdebb20144d8d5048091cf5949b5621e80ef34dbcf97d863&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/republican-state-rep-randy-fine-pictured-IVNB5IVHEWILDMCVXK4A3RWLD4.jpg?auth=4aefb5af9332918abdebb20144d8d5048091cf5949b5621e80ef34dbcf97d863&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/republican-state-rep-randy-fine-pictured-IVNB5IVHEWILDMCVXK4A3RWLD4.jpg?auth=4aefb5af9332918abdebb20144d8d5048091cf5949b5621e80ef34dbcf97d863&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Republican state Rep. Randy Fine, pictured on May 19, 2021, in Tallahassee, won his primary in the special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Republican state Rep. Randy Fine, pictured on May 19, 2021, in Tallahassee, won his primary in the special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/republican-state-rep-randy-fine-pictured-IVNB5IVHEWILDMCVXK4A3RWLD4.jpg?auth=4aefb5af9332918abdebb20144d8d5048091cf5949b5621e80ef34dbcf97d863&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/01/22/pinellas-now-holds-annual-rally-support-roe-v-wade/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/01/22/pinellas-now-holds-annual-rally-support-roe-v-wade/"}">Pinellas Now holds annual rally in support of Roe v. Wade</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-01-22T18:53:33.133Z">Jan. 22</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Politics</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/01/22/pinellas-now-holds-annual-rally-support-roe-v-wade/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/01/22/pinellas-now-holds-annual-rally-support-roe-v-wade/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/victoria-hutchins-from-st-petersburg-2OZNTQWB3FFJHJYELCOX5LDNWY.JPG?auth=a457791ad687181d313cc41698a2674b0fda5cdb8e0877f6c06474522a3c2fe4&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/victoria-hutchins-from-st-petersburg-2OZNTQWB3FFJHJYELCOX5LDNWY.JPG?auth=a457791ad687181d313cc41698a2674b0fda5cdb8e0877f6c06474522a3c2fe4&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/victoria-hutchins-from-st-petersburg-2OZNTQWB3FFJHJYELCOX5LDNWY.JPG?auth=a457791ad687181d313cc41698a2674b0fda5cdb8e0877f6c06474522a3c2fe4&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/victoria-hutchins-from-st-petersburg-2OZNTQWB3FFJHJYELCOX5LDNWY.JPG?auth=a457791ad687181d313cc41698a2674b0fda5cdb8e0877f6c06474522a3c2fe4&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Victoria Hutchins, from St. Petersburg, holds her “Keep Abortion Legal” sign as she rallies along with about 125 others on all four corners of Central Avenue and Third Street for the annual rally and sign-waving visibility event in downtown St. Petersburg to commemorate the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Victoria Hutchins, from St. Petersburg, holds her “Keep Abortion Legal” sign as she rallies along with about 125 others on all four corners of Central Avenue and Third Street for the annual rally and sign-waving visibility event in downtown St. Petersburg to commemorate the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/victoria-hutchins-from-st-petersburg-2OZNTQWB3FFJHJYELCOX5LDNWY.JPG?auth=a457791ad687181d313cc41698a2674b0fda5cdb8e0877f6c06474522a3c2fe4&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/01/21/trump-january-6-pardons-florida-tampa-bay/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/01/21/trump-january-6-pardons-florida-tampa-bay/"}">Here are some of Florida’s Jan. 6 rioters Trump pardoned</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-01-21T17:03:50.678Z">Jan. 21</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Politics</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/01/21/trump-january-6-pardons-florida-tampa-bay/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/01/21/trump-january-6-pardons-florida-tampa-bay/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/rioters-wave-flags-on-the-west-front-of-Z5OBYLOUZ2CFHDTD6C4FE7XPJM.jpg?auth=4537658e8f105093ac2204e3986ddbf915d9cd26f9c56b87a076de082b99413f&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/rioters-wave-flags-on-the-west-front-of-Z5OBYLOUZ2CFHDTD6C4FE7XPJM.jpg?auth=4537658e8f105093ac2204e3986ddbf915d9cd26f9c56b87a076de082b99413f&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/rioters-wave-flags-on-the-west-front-of-Z5OBYLOUZ2CFHDTD6C4FE7XPJM.jpg?auth=4537658e8f105093ac2204e3986ddbf915d9cd26f9c56b87a076de082b99413f&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/rioters-wave-flags-on-the-west-front-of-Z5OBYLOUZ2CFHDTD6C4FE7XPJM.jpg?auth=4537658e8f105093ac2204e3986ddbf915d9cd26f9c56b87a076de082b99413f&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Rioters wave flags on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. President Donald Trump has pardoned more than 1,500 people of crimes they committed during the riot." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Rioters wave flags on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. President Donald Trump has pardoned more than 1,500 people of crimes they committed during the riot." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/rioters-wave-flags-on-the-west-front-of-Z5OBYLOUZ2CFHDTD6C4FE7XPJM.jpg?auth=4537658e8f105093ac2204e3986ddbf915d9cd26f9c56b87a076de082b99413f&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><div class="feed-vert"><div class="vert html-advertisement vert-feed"><div class="vert__ad" id="AdditionalMediumRectangle2-2" data-adbridg-ad-class="adb-additional-medrect"></div></div></div><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/opinion/2025/01/17/ladies-its-time-hand-country-back-men-column/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/opinion/2025/01/17/ladies-its-time-hand-country-back-men-column/"}">Ladies, it’s time to hand the country back to men | Column</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-01-17T10:30:00Z">Jan. 17</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Opinion</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/opinion/2025/01/17/ladies-its-time-hand-country-back-men-column/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/opinion/2025/01/17/ladies-its-time-hand-country-back-men-column/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/mark-zuckerberg-chief-executive-officer-X5MU3BGHWPBRJMJKCOLHJL73YA.jpg?auth=221df14ab57c9ea2d5aeb14420d30b34cd0809f4952d11aa8d2eedface677630&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/mark-zuckerberg-chief-executive-officer-X5MU3BGHWPBRJMJKCOLHJL73YA.jpg?auth=221df14ab57c9ea2d5aeb14420d30b34cd0809f4952d11aa8d2eedface677630&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/mark-zuckerberg-chief-executive-officer-X5MU3BGHWPBRJMJKCOLHJL73YA.jpg?auth=221df14ab57c9ea2d5aeb14420d30b34cd0809f4952d11aa8d2eedface677630&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/mark-zuckerberg-chief-executive-officer-X5MU3BGHWPBRJMJKCOLHJL73YA.jpg?auth=221df14ab57c9ea2d5aeb14420d30b34cd0809f4952d11aa8d2eedface677630&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta, makes a point during an appearance at SIGGRAPH 2024, the premier conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques, Monday, July 29, 2024, in the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver. 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" itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/former-florida-attorney-general-pam-bondi-VACBSWPGAVH263QLWY3SLSUGHQ.jpg?auth=7dd5ed3bd84e39c1fe2f3f37a242905c39b4023372d5b8f86c2f5c202079dbc4&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida-politics/elections/2025/01/13/florida-supreme-court-hear-appeal-over-desantis-administrations-voter-fraud-arrest/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/elections/2025/01/13/florida-supreme-court-hear-appeal-over-desantis-administrations-voter-fraud-arrest/"}">Florida Supreme Court to hear appeal over voter fraud arrest</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-01-13T23:44:14.723Z">Jan. 13</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Elections</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida-politics/elections/2025/01/13/florida-supreme-court-hear-appeal-over-desantis-administrations-voter-fraud-arrest/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/elections/2025/01/13/florida-supreme-court-hear-appeal-over-desantis-administrations-voter-fraud-arrest/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/gov-ron-desantis-speaks-to-supporters-and-AQWWB7MDX55WTP4TNV6OWFKQNQ.jpg?auth=7dbd307380cf6c2a34f23adce33214b0cd7124baa18f8f92ddcd26726bfdaaa3&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/gov-ron-desantis-speaks-to-supporters-and-AQWWB7MDX55WTP4TNV6OWFKQNQ.jpg?auth=7dbd307380cf6c2a34f23adce33214b0cd7124baa18f8f92ddcd26726bfdaaa3&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/gov-ron-desantis-speaks-to-supporters-and-AQWWB7MDX55WTP4TNV6OWFKQNQ.jpg?auth=7dbd307380cf6c2a34f23adce33214b0cd7124baa18f8f92ddcd26726bfdaaa3&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/gov-ron-desantis-speaks-to-supporters-and-AQWWB7MDX55WTP4TNV6OWFKQNQ.jpg?auth=7dbd307380cf6c2a34f23adce33214b0cd7124baa18f8f92ddcd26726bfdaaa3&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to supporters and members of the media after a bill signing on Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to supporters and members of the media after a bill signing on Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/gov-ron-desantis-speaks-to-supporters-and-AQWWB7MDX55WTP4TNV6OWFKQNQ.jpg?auth=7dbd307380cf6c2a34f23adce33214b0cd7124baa18f8f92ddcd26726bfdaaa3&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida-politics/elections/2025/01/10/aclu-sues-desantis-not-calling-special-elections-state-legislature-seats/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/elections/2025/01/10/aclu-sues-desantis-not-calling-special-elections-state-legislature-seats/"}">ACLU sues DeSantis for not calling special elections for state Legislature seats</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-01-10T22:59:35.559Z">Jan. 10</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Elections</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida-politics/elections/2025/01/10/aclu-sues-desantis-not-calling-special-elections-state-legislature-seats/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/elections/2025/01/10/aclu-sues-desantis-not-calling-special-elections-state-legislature-seats/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/gov-ron-desantis-speaks-to-the-audience-D7B4QX6PKVF53GW4WAMY4EW6FI.JPG?auth=c532bb733f5f3ebd47869c5dc9f6b26426543f9eb626a1337cf37ad82cc173ba&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/gov-ron-desantis-speaks-to-the-audience-D7B4QX6PKVF53GW4WAMY4EW6FI.JPG?auth=c532bb733f5f3ebd47869c5dc9f6b26426543f9eb626a1337cf37ad82cc173ba&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/gov-ron-desantis-speaks-to-the-audience-D7B4QX6PKVF53GW4WAMY4EW6FI.JPG?auth=c532bb733f5f3ebd47869c5dc9f6b26426543f9eb626a1337cf37ad82cc173ba&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/gov-ron-desantis-speaks-to-the-audience-D7B4QX6PKVF53GW4WAMY4EW6FI.JPG?auth=c532bb733f5f3ebd47869c5dc9f6b26426543f9eb626a1337cf37ad82cc173ba&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the audience during the Florida Freedom Summit on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Orlando." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the audience during the Florida Freedom Summit on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Orlando." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/gov-ron-desantis-speaks-to-the-audience-D7B4QX6PKVF53GW4WAMY4EW6FI.JPG?auth=c532bb733f5f3ebd47869c5dc9f6b26426543f9eb626a1337cf37ad82cc173ba&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/01/10/andrew-warren-ron-desantis-suspension-lawsuit-hillsborough-state-attorney/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/01/10/andrew-warren-ron-desantis-suspension-lawsuit-hillsborough-state-attorney/"}">Appeals court dismisses Andrew Warren’s lawsuit against DeSantis</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-01-10T17:25:27.8Z">Jan. 10</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Politics</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/florida-politics/2025/01/10/andrew-warren-ron-desantis-suspension-lawsuit-hillsborough-state-attorney/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/2025/01/10/andrew-warren-ron-desantis-suspension-lawsuit-hillsborough-state-attorney/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/ousted-hillsborough-state-attorney-andrew-ZYZVFR2TLFDMDDV5N66T46TC2Q.jpg?auth=43f4813c014820382bd58b86de9497a46de772d2b206e4923503eb82c6ad9fd8&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/ousted-hillsborough-state-attorney-andrew-ZYZVFR2TLFDMDDV5N66T46TC2Q.jpg?auth=43f4813c014820382bd58b86de9497a46de772d2b206e4923503eb82c6ad9fd8&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/ousted-hillsborough-state-attorney-andrew-ZYZVFR2TLFDMDDV5N66T46TC2Q.jpg?auth=43f4813c014820382bd58b86de9497a46de772d2b206e4923503eb82c6ad9fd8&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/ousted-hillsborough-state-attorney-andrew-ZYZVFR2TLFDMDDV5N66T46TC2Q.jpg?auth=43f4813c014820382bd58b86de9497a46de772d2b206e4923503eb82c6ad9fd8&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="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." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="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." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/ousted-hillsborough-state-attorney-andrew-ZYZVFR2TLFDMDDV5N66T46TC2Q.jpg?auth=43f4813c014820382bd58b86de9497a46de772d2b206e4923503eb82c6ad9fd8&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/hillsborough/2025/01/07/bondi-moody-help-swear-suzy-lopez-hillsborough-state-attorney/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/hillsborough/2025/01/07/bondi-moody-help-swear-suzy-lopez-hillsborough-state-attorney/"}">Bondi, Moody help swear in Suzy Lopez as Hillsborough state attorney</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-01-07T20:35:38.312Z">Jan. 7</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Hillsborough</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/hillsborough/2025/01/07/bondi-moody-help-swear-suzy-lopez-hillsborough-state-attorney/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/hillsborough/2025/01/07/bondi-moody-help-swear-suzy-lopez-hillsborough-state-attorney/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/former-florida-attorney-general-pam-bondi-WSPS2MEWLZBBXMSJE7ZXQOFQZY.JPG?auth=6a69e8e215c992e7b3514ba0fc0bc376d889133a3e07a0caf9a1909b8031890a&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/former-florida-attorney-general-pam-bondi-WSPS2MEWLZBBXMSJE7ZXQOFQZY.JPG?auth=6a69e8e215c992e7b3514ba0fc0bc376d889133a3e07a0caf9a1909b8031890a&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/former-florida-attorney-general-pam-bondi-WSPS2MEWLZBBXMSJE7ZXQOFQZY.JPG?auth=6a69e8e215c992e7b3514ba0fc0bc376d889133a3e07a0caf9a1909b8031890a&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/former-florida-attorney-general-pam-bondi-WSPS2MEWLZBBXMSJE7ZXQOFQZY.JPG?auth=6a69e8e215c992e7b3514ba0fc0bc376d889133a3e07a0caf9a1909b8031890a&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="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." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="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." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/former-florida-attorney-general-pam-bondi-WSPS2MEWLZBBXMSJE7ZXQOFQZY.JPG?auth=6a69e8e215c992e7b3514ba0fc0bc376d889133a3e07a0caf9a1909b8031890a&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/12/20/abortion-amendment-4-desantis-lawsuit-ad/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/12/20/abortion-amendment-4-desantis-lawsuit-ad/"}">Federal judge dismisses lawsuit over Amendment 4 ads</a></div><div class="group 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election, key staff leave Hillsborough state attorney’s office</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2024-12-18T10:30:00Z">Dec. 18, 2024</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Hillsborough</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/hillsborough/2024/12/18/after-election-key-staff-leave-hillsborough-state-attorneys-office/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"Elections - undefined", "link":"/news/hillsborough/2024/12/18/after-election-key-staff-leave-hillsborough-state-attorneys-office/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" 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Byron Donalds won a nine-way Republican congressional primary by about 800 votes."},{"_id":"TS6FU7TJO5BKLEUNTLZQMLEVOA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Less than five years later, Donalds, a third-term U.S. representative from the Naples area, has won one of the most coveted prizes in Republican politics: <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2025/02/21/trump-donalds-governor-race-desantis-simpson-gaetz-election-candidates/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2025/02/21/trump-donalds-governor-race-desantis-simpson-gaetz-election-candidates/\">A gubernatorial endorsement from President Donald Trump</a>. (Gov. Ron DeSantis is term-limited and can’t run again in 2026.) Expect an announcement about Donalds' run for the post in the coming days."},{"_id":"QJEFCGTAFVFY5NZZGMFKHDYO5E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"By any definition, Donalds has seen a dizzying rise in the last half-decade. Here are three things to know about the man who might lead our state come 2027."},{"level":1,"_id":"YV7T3CRAQNEVDOIJ7TCUG3J7BI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"header","content":"1. A fighter for school choice"},{"_id":"6P27YEBO3REPVN2YNWN2YXAHQQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Donalds, the child of a single mother in Brooklyn, says he comes from a rough neighborhood. "},{"_id":"VNXUSH6WKZEF3FWMEQ7UE24CNA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"He secured admission to the historically Black Florida A&M but <a href=\"https://newrepublic.com/article/170933/byron-donalds-florida-congressman-right-wing-star\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://newrepublic.com/article/170933/byron-donalds-florida-congressman-right-wing-star\">ran into legal trouble as a young man</a>. In 1997, he was arrested for misdemeanor marijuana possession. In 2000, he was charged with what <a href=\"https://www.news-press.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/10/ethics-complaint-alleges-byron-donalds-lied-criminal-charges-donalds-says-complainer-lied/5544174002/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.news-press.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/10/ethics-complaint-alleges-byron-donalds-lied-criminal-charges-donalds-says-complainer-lied/5544174002/\">some news reports say was bribery</a> and others say was <a href=\"https://newrepublic.com/article/170933/byron-donalds-florida-congressman-right-wing-star\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://newrepublic.com/article/170933/byron-donalds-florida-congressman-right-wing-star\">depositing a bad check</a>. The record for that offense has since been expunged. The marijuana charge was dropped after Donalds entered a pretrial diversion program."},{"_id":"XM6EDV64JFGRXG4FG5DW5ACP7E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Donalds found more secure footing after transferring to Florida State University to finish his degree<b> </b>in finance and marketing, graduating in 2002, according to his congressional biography. "},{"_id":"2AFQYORADJDIFG25S6H5FWAEEM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Donalds got caught up in the conservative Tea Party revolution of 2010, running unsuccessfully for Congress for the first time two years later. "},{"_id":"ZPEMS4A6DRAEDOF4VQWXIGAISI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"He and his wife, Erika, found their signature issue a few years later in charter schools. As they struggled to find satisfactory schools for their three young boys, they looked for more conservative-friendly options. They helped start and run the Mason Classical Academy, a charter school in Collier County. (They are no longer involved with the school.) "},{"_id":"BAYOXZP2RZCF3ACYXDTGWACKQM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"In 2014, Erika Donalds won a local school board seat. Two years later, Byron Donalds was elected to the state House. There, he championed conservative causes like school choice. He also supported <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/04/29/florida-house-passes-criminal-justice-reform-package-bill-but-its-not-over-yet/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/04/29/florida-house-passes-criminal-justice-reform-package-bill-but-its-not-over-yet/\">criminal justice reform</a>."},{"_id":"IZ3T2HOUSVAYVEU75HMVZJ6MOI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Erika Donalds later founded the Optima Foundation, which aimed to support charter schools with <a href=\"https://k12.hillsdale.edu/Schools/BCSI/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://k12.hillsdale.edu/Schools/BCSI/\">curriculum crafted by the conservative</a> Hillsdale College. She has also scored a number of prominent political appointments, including being tapped by DeSantis in 2022 to serve on the Florida Gulf Coast University board of trustees."},{"level":1,"_id":"QSMO3EHPYFF4XDESRTIBMRPBEI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"header","content":"2. MAGA from early on "},{"_id":"E63UK7XV45EGJHC7UBGT5W7PGI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Byron<b> </b>Donalds was an early supporter of the president, speaking at a Trump rally in September 2016. When he ran for Congress, he touted his Trump bona fides."},{"_id":"ZWZAJHRLRNCHNDFU3NZSGV57RY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“The fake news media doesn’t want to cover black men who are strong supporters of <a href=\"https://x.com/RealDonaldTrump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">@RealDonaldTrump</a>. So help me spread this message: I’m a Trump supporting, liberty loving, proven Conservative running for Congress,\" <a href=\"https://x.com/ByronDonalds/status/1275165541137879040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://x.com/ByronDonalds/status/1275165541137879040\">he posted to X in 2020</a>."},{"_id":"LK7VSJBHNZEWBJBZH6G3GO67IY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"After the 2020 election, Donalds voted to object to the certification of the Electoral College in key swing states — <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html\">effectively voting to overturn the election</a>. He told Vanity Fair in 2023 that he did not consider <a href=\"https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/07/ron-desantis-florida-successor-freedom-caucus-byron-donalds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/07/ron-desantis-florida-successor-freedom-caucus-byron-donalds\">Joe Biden to be a “legitimate” president</a>. (No evidence of widespread fraud in that presidential election, which Trump lost, has been discovered.) "},{"_id":"VPQXFAD3UFE2TPXSKJDAASL4EA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"In Congress, he’s been part of the ultraconservative Tea Party caucus. Highly thought of by Republican colleagues, he won a few votes in early 2023 to become speaker of the U.S. House. Following Trump’s lead, Donalds in January introduced a bill to end taxes on tips. "},{"_id":"BJR5FNDXRFA7LK3E7XEBX7DCOE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Donalds grew close to DeSantis at one point, <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/politics/ron-desantis-byron-donalds-black-history-education/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/politics/ron-desantis-byron-donalds-black-history-education/index.html\">introducing the governor the night of DeSantis' gubernatorial reelection</a>. But the two have drifted apart since, with Donalds endorsing Trump over DeSantis during the 2024 Republican primary. The two also got into a brief spat in 2023 over statewide education standards that taught middle schoolers that 19th-century American slaves learned useful skills. Donalds objected to the standards; DeSantis' army of online surrogates tore into him. "},{"_id":"7X6LTRTN65HMZOZL5CJ36VYH6A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Throughout the 2024 campaign, in which Trump looked to cut into Democrats' margins with Black men, Donalds was among Trump’s most vocal messengers."},{"_id":"D4M2UNWKDFFCTEUCRRWN62DJ2Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“Byron is a superstar,” said state Sen. Joe Gruters, a former Republican Party of Florida chairperson. “The guy was everywhere during the campaign to help make sure the president is successful.” "},{"level":1,"_id":"672SMYYJ7VHRHELADMKVENMCKQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"header","content":"3. Most Floridians haven’t heard of Donalds"},{"_id":"BIE2JSZ2M5DVHNDAJLFLRIFKQQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"A <a href=\"https://www.unfporl.org/uploads/1/4/4/5/144559024/unf_porl_-_spring_2025_statewide_press_release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.unfporl.org/uploads/1/4/4/5/144559024/unf_porl_-_spring_2025_statewide_press_release.pdf\">survey released earlier this week</a> by the University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab found that two in three active registered Florida voters hadn’t heard of Donalds. "},{"_id":"67IZ7YFDRBFATNBGRZEXHEV3YM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"That stands in contrast to others rumored to be eying a run for governor,<b> </b>including former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz and first lady Casey DeSantis. Just one in three Floridians said they hadn’t heard of Gaetz and DeSantis, respectively. 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Scott Bessent, Trump’s pick to be secretary of the Treasury; Kelly Loeffler, who runs Trump’s Small Business Administration; and Brian Ballard, the prominent Florida lobbyist, were among<b> </b>the more than three dozen names."},{"level":1,"_id":"TRO6UCAZBVBCFGKYW6PBNEECG4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"header","content":"Losers: The DeSantis family"},{"_id":"MG2Y7U43K5COPDVAFFOWLGGYPU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"In January, DeSantis posted that he planned to be deeply involved in the 2026 governor’s race. "},{"_id":"M6CRFVSO4ZERHIJYIXTC47PXAE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The Florida Freedom Fund, a political committee supported by DeSantis that helped defeat ballot initiatives on marijuana and abortion in 2024, would get involved up and down the ballot, including in the governor’s race, DeSantis proclaimed. 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It’s unclear when Hillsborough’s transit authority board, composed of county and city of Tampa leaders, will make a final decision on the transfer."},{"_id":"5UGD6OM7I5HIDD47XZAO3YNLYU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739899008745},"type":"text","content":"It’s also not guaranteed that Pinellas officials would agree to expand the ferry service even if the grant were transferred. Kathleen Peters, another Pinellas County commissioner who sits on its transit board, wrote in a text that she’d only support “true transit.”"},{"_id":"MD5KVA4PDBEZ5MYGF62HE2HZZU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739899008746},"type":"text","content":"But Hillsborough officials may take the decision out of their neighbors’ hands if they vote down the transfer."},{"_id":"DB7ZTI3RABEFPNCUI74PO36GWY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739899008747},"type":"text","content":"“Regional collaboration and regional unity is something that is talked about in meetings with each other but is rarely ever practiced,” said Pinellas County Commissioner Chris Latvala, who supports the transfer."},{"_id":"K5NLLIT64RBJXNMB4LNZSA7DGA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739905201273},"type":"text","content":"The history of regionwide transit in Tampa Bay is fraught. The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority shut down in 2023. Gov. Ron DeSantis for years <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/transportation/2022/07/18/tampa-bay-transit-authority-ponders-its-own-future/\" target=\"_blank\">vetoed state funds</a> to the organization, and local counties eventually began holding back contributions."},{"_id":"AHRZYPA7RRBJ5PUQWM47KXXVC4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739905201274},"type":"text","content":"Now local transportation leaders are, at the urging of the state Legislature, studying the possibility of merging Hillsborough’s, Pinellas’ and Pasco’s transportation planning organizations. But some elected officials, especially <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/transportation/2023/03/09/regional-transportation-planning-agency-hillsborough-pinellas-pasco/\" target=\"_blank\">those on the Tampa City Council</a>, have been reluctant to cede more power in transportation planning to the sprawling counties that surround them."},{"_id":"D5X55OA6JBFY5EWITDVEBRR4FY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739905201275},"type":"text","content":"Regional transportation planning requires a delicate dance, said Darden Rice, chief planning and community affairs officer at Pinellas’ transit authority. All sides have to see a benefit to cooperation."},{"_id":"TKCES6F5RFG2RMHUF5OBNL45SQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739905201276},"type":"text","content":"“It takes some brokering. It’s relationship building. It takes time to keep people engaged on the same goals,” she said."},{"level":3,"_id":"NRQQVTTDPVFPNBXSJV2E43I6P4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739908837165},"type":"header","content":"Why oppose ferry improvements?"},{"_id":"3IUM2TMJVFHEPLLCMDWSRUMO4E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739899008748},"type":"text","content":"At a time when cost-cutting has become central to the Republican governing ethos, the ferry project is seen by some as wasteful."},{"_id":"WRMOUAFHL5GOND6QDKVGOSXHNA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739892931886},"type":"text","content":"Shelling out $5 million for a service that had <a href=\"https://stpetecatalyst.com/will-local-leaders-scuttle-the-cross-bay-ferrys-operator/#:~:text=The%20Cross%20Bay%20carried%2050%2C927,Chapter%2011%20bankruptcy%20in%20February.\" target=\"_blank\">72,000 riders last season</a> is not cost effective, Wostal said, compared to spending on city bus routes that shuttle more than a million riders each year. He’s also skeptical about the parent company of the ferry: Hornblower Group, which <a href=\"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hornblower-group-successfully-completes-financial-restructuring-302189288.html\" target=\"_blank\">filed for bankruptcy</a> last year."},{"_id":"FZE6Z235BJEXTP3ENNUUYNQ2HI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739899008750},"type":"text","content":"Local governments asked Pinellas’ transit authority to take the lead in negotiating a new, cheaper contract for the ferry later this year, said Rice, project manager for the Cross Bay Ferry. Many of Wostal’s complaints could be resolved if Pinellas has a local boat, she said."},{"_id":"DRM566ERAZEUXFZTVVNBWTV5FE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739899008751},"type":"text","content":"“If PSTA has a passenger ferry boat, I think it helps increase competition for some of our local operators to get a leg up,” Rice said."},{"_id":"6TTYKRCUZBHOPKYHV34QH7HWCY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739899008752},"type":"text","content":"Local operators won’t have to supply a boat — just the labor and cash to oversee maintenance and operations, she said. The private contractor would assume liability if the boat is damaged and needs repairs."},{"_id":"7WJ4BRD3HNCL5KEMQRIIXSDBWM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739899008753},"type":"text","content":"Finding a local operator will likely reduce how much local governments have to chip in to operate the ferry, Rice said. If Pinellas’ transit authority owns the boat, staff estimates that the authority will get about $1 million in annual federal disbursements to make more improvements to the service, including moving the St. Petersburg stop to a temporary dock downtown, increasing frequency and reducing the round-trip fare from $24."},{"_id":"HBWTZPXNSVFZHKYDX5FBL5RNZ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1739899008754},"type":"text","content":"Currently, the ferry takes off from each port <a href=\"https://wordpress-assets-hbsites.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/30212417/CBF-Schedules_2024-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">every three hours</a> on Fridays and Saturdays. 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But if Trump were to endorse Donalds, it would be a massive boost to the candidate’s chances. Trump famously tilted the 2018 Republican gubernatorial primary in favor of then-U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis with a series of online posts."},{"_id":"7FQM3VQRYJHEXC4N2CJK2N7O7Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"But Donalds <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2025/01/10/whos-running-florida-governor-how-2026-field-is-shaping-up/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2025/01/10/whos-running-florida-governor-how-2026-field-is-shaping-up/\">isn’t the only close Trump ally rumored to be looking at a run for governor</a>. Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, whom Trump initially chose to be his attorney general, is also looking at the race. Given that Trump nearly handed Gaetz the reins of the U.S. Department of Justice, it would be a minor upset if Trump were to endorse anyone over Gaetz in a Republican primary that included the former panhandle-area representative. 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It showcased a survey that is nearly a month old — and is already potentially out of date. At the time it was released, the poll, conducted by Victory Insights, showed Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez running a distant second behind Donalds. She just left the DeSantis administration to take over as the interim president of Florida International University. 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It’s strictly whether or not I submitted the papers properly, if they were signed properly, if they were submitted on time. That’s all his role is,” she told the News Service."},{"_id":"LYJOWZFUHNGCLFVMS66R3SAL5I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Three other Republicans — Marcie Atkins, Mark Lightner III and Tim Thomas — and Democrat Vance Ahrens qualified to run in the Senate District 19 special election, according to the state Division of Elections website. The qualifying period for the race ran from 8 a.m. Monday through noon Tuesday."},{"_id":"IW6UFXF2CFG3RATO5DVFEHYECI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The dispute over Mayfield’s qualification developed as<a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2025/01/28/desantis-immigration-bill-trump-house-senate-vote-session-perez-albritton/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2025/01/28/desantis-immigration-bill-trump-house-senate-vote-session-perez-albritton/\"> DeSantis squares off against </a>House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, and Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, over legislation aimed at carrying out Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration."},{"_id":"SDNZXF3OPJFPVF4T6AJB5ZMHPI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"DeSantis last week <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2025/01/31/amid-gop-feud-desantis-plans-spend-money-elect-strong-conservative-successor/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2025/01/31/amid-gop-feud-desantis-plans-spend-money-elect-strong-conservative-successor/\">threatened to channel</a> “huge sums of money” to legislative and gubernatorial candidates in Republican primaries who sided with him in the immigration dispute, which has resulted in a week-long standoff between the governor and the legislative leaders."},{"_id":"G4VOZK7AIFHMVCTIXIUB7W5SSI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"In anticipation of running in Senate District 19, Mayfield submitted her resignation in House District 32, effective in June. DeSantis has scheduled special primary elections in Senate District 19 and House District 32 on April 1 and special general elections on June 10."},{"_id":"Z6D4FOMR6RDQLJPWIU3LBWOKRY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Mayfield on Wednesday appeared to be relying on a lawsuit challenging former state Rep. James Grant’s eligibility for reelection in 2018. Grant was first elected to the House in 2010 and was reelected subsequently. But lawmakers vacated the results of a 2014 election, resulting in a five-month hiatus from the House for Grant. 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I think having a culture that celebrates the aggression a bit more has its own merits that are really positive.”"},{"_id":"IQCNU6VODNBNXHBSUWZIGQYMOQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"So true. Men have been ignored for too long. As the nation writes this next chapter, it is crucial to refocus our attention on them. After all, we have been allowed to have credit cards in our own names since, what, 1974? And women run a <a href=\"https://fortune.com/2024/06/04/fortune-500-companies-women-ceos-2024/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://fortune.com/2024/06/04/fortune-500-companies-women-ceos-2024/\">whole 10% of Fortune 500 companies</a>. What are we even whining about? "},{"_id":"HG6KKJQ2CZBFZMWL4BJCUXFFRM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"This will be a pivotal era for women, who may or may not be fit for military combat service, haha. Trump’s would-be cabinet contains more women than his last one, which is real progress. He even chose Tampa Bay’s own <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2025/01/15/bondi-trump-attorney-general-confirmation-hearing-senate-justice-department-takeaways/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2025/01/15/bondi-trump-attorney-general-confirmation-hearing-senate-justice-department-takeaways/\">Pam Bondi for the role of Attorney General</a>, bestowing the nomination on a woman with relevant experience only after the Florida Man he picked first turned out to be the antagonist in a 1986 college gross-out movie called something like “BURGER FLAPS.” "},{"_id":"OWVIZK4D6NDZPICC3QG5XTXEIY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Girly pops! This is our last weekend to be all b*^%$#, OK? "},{"_id":"I52AIGSJHNEGPMR2ZGTJIVT5AE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Come Monday, we should defer to men in the workplace, letting their aggressive energy rule the country’s cubicles. Please, do not annoy the C-Suite with demands to exist. For too long, women have been paid and promoted the same as male counterparts, free of casual watercooler comments about the zippers on the back of our dresses, emboldened to delete the phrases “just checking in!” and “no worries!” from emails."},{"_id":"4EE5XJTZY5GIVBYIE4SFBBMKYU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Take time in the mirror. Practice giggling when Bob says, “Don’t get your panties in a twist.” Clear all thoughts from your head — yes, it should feel like dying, you’re doing it right — and expand your masseters. This creates the appearance of a smile. Your boss will thank you, especially since he wrote in your review that sometimes you “scowl” in meetings."},{"_id":"44Z257F7FZEG7B72SB4TYLQ5P4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"What about Gary, who repeats your ideas as if he thought of them? Does he get paid more for no discernable reason? Well, there’s no need to stress, not in 2025. With fewer equity programs and labor unions to ensure everyone has a chance to prosper, you’ll never know. Think of the freedom that comes from slipping into a Lisa Frank poster of unicorns. Ride rainbow star down glitter mountain and just chill, babycakes. The men have it under control."},{"_id":"OOU4O67EXFE2ZNDNL4DGANEY4I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"You know, there was a time that a female executive from Facebook, yes, that Facebook, wrote a book that encouraged women to lean in at work. 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Ballard led Trump’s Florida fundraising during his first run for the White House in 2016."},{"_id":"3RN7GTRKQBF6ZBK357QBVFYNUI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497423},"type":"text","content":"Bondi quickly assumed a roster of powerful clients, federal lobbying records show. General Motors, Uber, Major League Baseball, Carnival North America and Amazon all paid for Bondi’s services within her first year or so at the firm."},{"_id":"6BDGQSHHJJDRRO6JP6BK3V7HAE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[{"date":"2025-01-14T19:09:47.159Z","replies":[{"date":"2025-01-14T19:39:18.677Z","text":"Asking","user":"Kirby Wilson","email":"kwilson@tampabay.com"}],"start":142,"end":174,"text":"do we know when?","user":"Michael Van Sickler","email":"mvansickler@tampabay.com"}],"_id":1737046497424},"type":"text","content":"In an interview<b> </b>with the Tampa Bay Times, Ballard described Bondi as a valuable addition to his shop, quick to charm yet poised and cautious. (Bondi has since left the firm.)"},{"_id":"KWK3Y66Y2NFWJLUR3J724PLM5I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497425},"type":"text","content":"“She would always help me and the firm and our clients even in terms of ‘should we take a client?’” Ballard said."},{"_id":"M5HQRGQ7XFA6NFX7PQGUTWY3QI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497426},"type":"text","content":"Now, with Bondi likely to lead Trump’s Justice Department as U.S. attorney general, her lobbying years have come under renewed scrutiny. As attorney general, Bondi will oversee government cases against some of the same firms that were her clients."},{"_id":"6JBPVA7GINFG7NR3ZSAQYEIY54","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497427},"type":"text","content":"On Wednesday and Thursday, she’ll field questions from senators during confirmation hearings about her lobbying<b> </b>record and how it could inform her approach as attorney general."},{"_id":"4ICVAIZUURD4XNSXUWDMKCC2HY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497428},"type":"text","content":"“When you spend a lot of time representing corporations in a government relations context ... you become really sympathetic to the corporate point of view,” said Jeff Hauser, the executive director of the progressive, Washington-based Revolving Door Project."},{"_id":"KKLPVUHWPVFIDAE262HNFYEGOI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497429},"type":"text","content":"Here are four of her most prominent clients, and what she did for them."},{"level":1,"_id":"WEOFMNMCXFBHNDGZALWLHI7L44","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497430},"type":"header","content":"Amazon"},{"_id":"YG5RNOHMSFAJ3CR6EALCQRLWOU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497431},"type":"text","content":"In 2020, Amazon bought at least $140,000 worth of lobbying services from Ballard Partners for “issues related to surface transportation, including autonomous vehicles” and “vehicle electrification,” federal lobbying records show."},{"_id":"E3QTX27DEFAXRGLO2SNOWWHQMQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497432},"type":"text","content":"But lobbying forms only tell part of the story. Just because she is listed on her firm’s disclosure form does not mean Bondi<b> </b>worked closely on the account, said Beth Leech, a professor of political science at Rutgers University. Bondi is one of five Ballard lobbyists listed on the forms."},{"_id":"ZYEJZKKBRVDM7D7VD2RX6ICPOI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497433},"type":"text","content":"“She may not be the lead lobbyist for that particular issue, but she was involved in that particular issue for that particular client,” Leech said. “We don’t know how important it was to her.”"},{"_id":"5FL4YB7NHNEQTPOHBEYQOMTHAQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497434},"type":"text","content":"Regardless of how much work she did for Amazon, her proximity to the company could pose a challenge for her new job. In 2023, the Federal Trade Commission and 17 attorneys general sued Amazon for allegedly maintaining an online retail monopoly. (<a href=\"https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/09/ftc-sues-amazon-illegally-maintaining-monopoly-power\" target=\"_blank\">Florida was not among the states to file suit</a>. The case is ongoing.)"},{"_id":"XVXMDEKC4RAUZBSZ4KS3PYBULQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497435},"type":"text","content":"When asked how she would balance her job as attorney general with her history of corporate advocacy for Amazon, Brian Hughes, a spokesperson for the Trump-Vance transition team, wrote in a statement that “all nominees and appointees will comply with the ethical obligations of their respective agencies.”"},{"level":1,"_id":"42DCZJTJ3FCUHPYUM3LXCRDIKU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497436},"type":"header","content":"Florida Sheriffs Association"},{"_id":"PMSPSXQKIZF77OEX5VF3QTOGUM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497437},"type":"text","content":"The Florida Sheriffs Association is one of the most powerful interest groups in the state."},{"_id":"OLMH6OOLBZAWZGUD7V45MVX2V4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497438},"type":"text","content":"Sheriffs frequently make their opinions known on legislation they say would make the state more dangerous. For example, <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/03/09/gun-permitless-constitutional-open-carry-concealed-desantis-safety/\" target=\"_blank\">broad sheriff opposition to the open carry of firearms has left that conservative policy goal unfulfilled in Florida</a>."},{"_id":"3ZFJD7EAVVDJZFGY3IWNIOOQA4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497439},"type":"text","content":"Bondi worked with the association at the federal level to help beat back criminal justice legislation that the association found harmful, said Bob Gualtieri, the Pinellas County sheriff and former association president."},{"_id":"NBR2CTDSVFDDPO2PPCTRGJDNVI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497440},"type":"text","content":"In 2021, then-Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass of California was shepherding her <a href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1280?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22george+floyd%22%7D&s=3&r=1\" target=\"_blank\">George Floyd Justice in Policing Act through Congress</a>. The bill would have limited qualified immunity for officers accused of wrongdoing and would have lowered the criminal standard for federal prosecutions. It passed the Democrat-led House but was not heard in the Senate."},{"_id":"Z3XBA7SDB5HUBFE2GIITMBWNUY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497441},"type":"text","content":"Bondi helped kill it, Gualtieri said."},{"_id":"WXQAKLTLMRDBXCZVTF2PY7FFD4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497442},"type":"text","content":"“She was instrumental in helping us identify the issues in the bill and how best to make our case,” Gualtieri said."},{"_id":"NLHRTRESLRH3JBB432MOMMRDFM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497443},"type":"text","content":"Bondi earned Ballard Partners at least $320,000 for her lobbying work with the sheriffs, records show."},{"level":1,"_id":"WKWAYFXQSRHP5NRECX6Z2SCLC4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497444},"type":"header","content":"Major League Baseball"},{"_id":"FU6IBXYA4NHODPXERY73F6GBYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497445},"type":"text","content":"In 2019, Major League Baseball paid Bondi and other lobbyists $70,000 for “issues related to combating human trafficking,” federal lobbying records show."},{"_id":"PN3VQBTYKBFVNKHZTOW2GDJRTY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497446},"type":"text","content":"Weeks before retaining Bondi, the league found itself in a tight spot with federal regulators. In 2018, the league struck a deal with the <a href=\"https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-announces-deal-with-cuban-federation-c302036110\" target=\"_blank\">Cuban Baseball Federation to allow Cuban players to sign directly with big league teams</a>. In April 2019, the Trump administration informed the league that the deal would not be legal under federal law."},{"_id":"7DI5JADJEZA2JBOZ3NSVOCPEOY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497447},"type":"text","content":"Weeks after Major League Baseball hired Bondi, Commissioner Rob Manfred met with Trump in the White House to talk about how Cuban players often have to be smuggled into the U.S. by human traffickers, <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/06/12/731966442/trump-will-play-ball-with-mlb-on-cuban-players-if-league-helps-with-venezuela\" target=\"_blank\">NPR reported at the time</a>."},{"_id":"45RMLJRMMJA3PAFGT2JIXVECFI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497448},"type":"text","content":"The Trump administration did not relent on its Cuba policy, but Bondi’s work did get her client a White House meeting, <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/us/politics/pam-bondi-trump-attorney-general-lobbyist.html\" target=\"_blank\">the New York Times reported</a>."},{"_id":"MVABLS3WF5DJRDRNDV274NF2GY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497449},"type":"text","content":"As attorney general, Bondi will oversee any litigation involving the federal government and professional sports."},{"_id":"AUYHT7FCAFGX7JZ6SYTITYDFGU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497450},"type":"text","content":"Major League Baseball declined to comment."},{"level":1,"_id":"4M6FPOPZMREFZJ7DQWHG5G7CJA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497451},"type":"header","content":"Qatar"},{"_id":"T2HROG7N5JAYHG7YGNUJZPBXPA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497452},"type":"text","content":"Bondi was a lobbyist for Qatar starting in 2019, where she worked on human trafficking issues, <a href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/fara2.opensecrets.org/6415-Exhibit-AB-20190723-16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">federal filings show</a>. Her work helped net Ballard $115,000 per month from the Middle East country."},{"_id":"TDIIBHPXMJAE7BYL2LIHXD4LQI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497453},"type":"text","content":"During Bondi‘s time as its lobbyist, Qatar was in the news for alleged human rights abuses tied to building stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Those stadiums were built largely with migrant laborers, and <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/02/27/972056906/report-reveals-more-than-6-500-migrant-workers-have-died-in-qatars-world-cup-pre\" target=\"_blank\">untold hundreds of workers died building them</a>."},{"level":1,"_id":"3636BXVJMRAHPHYJ3PVOJAAXNU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497454},"type":"header","content":"How will Bondi act as attorney general?"},{"_id":"IEEZCPZKYRBXHBQ7NMY6NAS5XY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497455},"type":"text","content":"Bondi wouldn’t be the first former lobbyist to serve as attorney general. Eric Holder, who held the position under President Barack Obama, lobbied before becoming attorney general, for example."},{"_id":"CMMU53U4RZC63PSWVSDJGPNNL4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497456},"type":"text","content":"But Bondi’s connections to Ballard Partners — and her own track record with corporations — pose unique challenges, Leech said."},{"_id":"U2WP56D36VC7LO6M7JQHREX4QU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497457},"type":"text","content":"The Rutgers professor pointed to an episode from when Bondi was the Florida attorney general. She accepted a <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2020/11/05/pam-bondi-throws-herself-into-trump-effort-to-stop-counting-votes/\" target=\"_blank\">$25,000 donation from Trump’s charity after receiving complaints about the businessman’s line of educational seminars</a>. Bondi did not pursue charges against Trump’s business."},{"_id":"67MZGO2BAFD7BJCOWO5O26SN34","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497458},"type":"text","content":"“Lots of people who have been active in politics have conflicts of interest,” Leech said. “I don’t know that she’s going to step away from those conflicts of interests. It seems that she’s going to step into them.”"},{"_id":"PV64VBBUZFGGNAH4DHUXT4LZZA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497459},"type":"text","content":"But others who have worked with Bondi say she’s a straight shooter who will not be affected by her past work."},{"_id":"DAAJONHU4ZHKVMATXWY4F7PDOQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1737046497460},"type":"text","content":"“What do lobbyists do? 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Ron DeSantis of violating “his mandatory statutory duty,” the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday filed a lawsuit asking a judge to order DeSantis to set special elections for two legislative seats that opened as part of a political shakeup after President-elect Donald Trump’s win in November."},{"_id":"THY3IWSSQJARVCNG3X2KL5MNCQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Former Rep. Joel Rudman, R-Navarre, stepped down from the state House District 3 seat last week, and state Sen. 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Special primary elections for the congressional seats will be held on Jan. 28, and special general elections will take place on April 1."},{"_id":"JJ6XHCPBG5HQ5OPVY4SWJERZSY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Rudman’s former state House district is made up of parts of Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties, while Fine’s Senate district consists of part of Brevard County. 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DeSantis’ predecessors set special elections to fill the resigning legislators’ seats on the same dates as the elections in which the legislators resigned to run, or earlier."},{"_id":"MQHARVCFGNBDFJDSMQC5TMADXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“But lately, Governor DeSantis has more often chosen to deviate from Florida’s longstanding practice of timely special elections, in violation of his mandatory statutory duty,” the lawsuit said."},{"_id":"3XZV63MGCFDKBAQW3YACZLRZSU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"As an example, the ACLU lawyers pointed to DeSantis’ drawn-out <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/05/04/desantis-sets-election-for-hastings-seat-in-2022-leaving-it-open-for-9-months/\" target=\"_blank\">response to the 2021 death of U.S. Rep. 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More than 100 similar units exist in district attorney offices nationwide."},{"_id":"G3C3WAZUXRF2RKOL6PW7P2XJ3M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734125027064},"type":"text","content":"It was instrumental in the exoneration of Robert DuBoise, who spent close to 37 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. DuBoise’s story was the focus of the Tampa Bay Times narrative series <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2024/05/29/florida-tampa-killer-trial-murder-dna-mystery-innocent-prison-released/\" target=\"_blank\">The Marked Man</a>. The unit also facilitated the exoneration of <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/tampa/2024/12/06/tampa-wrongful-conviction-tony-hopps/\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Hopps</a>, who spent 31 years in prison for a Tampa robbery he did not commit."},{"_id":"JY34I6GDNNDAHB33YZOGNJ2LNM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734125027065},"type":"text","content":"The unit received much publicity under Warren. It became more obscure after Lopez took office, though it assisted in the release of three defendants in her first two years."},{"_id":"Y2NKAHFX6BAMHOYVTAD2QLYZJM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734120084599},"type":"text","content":"Diane Marger Moore, the last attorney assigned full time to the unit, left the office in February and now works for the Florida attorney general."},{"_id":"JKUICI4MMZAJPIW4K2G4TX2GL4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734120084601},"type":"text","content":"Lopez’s office told the Times this spring that they were interviewing candidates to replace her. But 10 months later, no one has been hired."},{"_id":"6HWZF2KBABGZLLAB4DN2V6ZCIY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734120084603},"type":"text","content":"“Our office will always review any petitions submitted where defendants believe they have been wrongfully convicted,” a spokesperson for the office wrote in a statement. “While we interviewed several applicants for the position, we have not found a fit. 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She also led the case against Stephen Paleveda, who was convicted in February of causing a wrong-way crash that <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2024/04/17/tampa-dui-crash-lee-roy-selmon-expressway/\" target=\"_blank\">killed a man on the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway</a>."},{"_id":"COR3YTCWO5D3TOWEVNTLGESNSE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734115832150},"type":"text","content":"Brown was also the assigned prosecutor in the case of Jennifer Carvajal, a young woman <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/news/hillsborough/2021/05/07/at-16-she-drove-drunk-and-killed-a-man-at-24-cops-say-she-did-it-again/\" target=\"_blank\">accused for the second time in her life of driving drunk</a> and causing a fatal crash. 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The office said all of her cases had been reassigned to other attorneys."},{"level":2,"_id":"FV4N3GYXVNGL5PGCX2XVYS525E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734120084612},"type":"header","content":"Turnover in the sex offense unit"},{"_id":"DDHVKWS66BDX5MFRGPP7K4TUAM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734120084613},"type":"text","content":"The office’s special victims unit, which handles prosecutions of sex offenses and child abuse, has seen remarkable turnover in the last year, including some new departures in the last few weeks."},{"_id":"4ZAYWE7FRJDWZHP2QEVZ6TBCHU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734125027081},"type":"text","content":"Of the 10 lawyers assigned to the unit, two of them, including the unit’s deputy chief, have left or announced plans to leave the office since early November. The unit’s previous chief and deputy chief, both veteran prosecutors, left at almost the same time in the summer of 2023 for jobs with the U.S. Attorney’s Office."},{"_id":"RSV55B2XHRARXL2EC4EVHTVU2I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734125027082},"type":"text","content":"Jessica Couvertier, a felony prosecutor with more than a decade of experience, serves as the unit’s current chief. Of those who remain assigned to the unit, four have worked for the office for less than five years; two of them for less than two years."},{"_id":"JBL7TZDNWFE5LFOE6WVTIYYR2U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734125027083},"type":"text","content":"Joseph Kudia, a longtime attorney in the public defender’s office, is expected to join Lopez’s office as the deputy chief of the special victims unit. 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