Ron DeSantis’s Next Big Political Test

Constitutional amendments on weed and abortion could make for his toughest state-level fight yet.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference where he signed the state budget into law in Tampa, Fla., June 12, 2024.

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Ron DeSantis has reshaped the political landscape in Florida since his nail-biter win over Andrew Gillum in the 2018 governor’s race.

In just five and a half years, he has gotten maps through that have ensured GOP supermajorities in both branches of the state legislature and the congressional delegation — the latter arguably responsible for Republican control of the House of Representatives.

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A. G. Gancarski

A. G. Gancarski writes for the New York Post and for the Florida Politics website and has covered Ron DeSantis since his Senate run in 2016.

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