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Republicans ramp up attacks on transgender people, in statehouses and on the campaign trail
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Full List of Republicans Who Have Dumped Donald Trump After Midterms Flop: A number of GOP figures have said the party needs to move on from the former president ...
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Full List of Republicans Who Have Dumped Donald Trump After Midterms Flop
Quick Glance: Ron DeSantis Rejects Trump's Claim That He Sent the FBI to Prevent Election Loss
  • Since DeSantis has been regarded a likely GOP frontrunner in 2024, Florida's governor has yet to reply to Trump's latest insults.

  • Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has yet to respond to former President Donald Trump's assertions that the governor's 2018 gubernatorial campaign was saved by federal agents dispatched by the president to combat voter fraud.

  • Trump claimed that "Ron DeSanctimonious" was "politically dead" before supporting his campaign during the GOP primaries in 2018.

  • "Legal experts told Newsweek that Trump's claims about the 2018 gubernatorial election "should be treated with caution."
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Republicans turn to establishment candidates after midterm failures: Republicans are increasingly turning to more traditionally qualified candidates to fill out ...
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Republicans turn to establishment candidates after midterm failures
Quick Glance: DeSantis continues his attacks on the media as he prepares for a possible run in 2024.
  • Nick Sandmann, a former Kentucky high school student who sued media companies over a viral social media video, and a libertarian journalist are also on the panel.

  • Since becoming governor of Florida in 2019, DeSantis has had a contentious relationship with the media.

  • During Tuesday's discussion, DeSantis did not specify which laws he wanted enacted, but he urged Florida lawmakers to "protect" Floridians.

  • During the discussion, Carson Holloway, a scholar at the conservative think tank the Claremont Institute, stated that the Supreme Court's legal precedents governing most defamation lawsuits make libel claims against media companies by public figures nearly impossible to win.
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Biden: ‘It will be fun watching’ DeSantis and Trump ‘take on each other’: President Biden on Wednesday shrugged off the prospect of facing former President Trump ...
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Biden: ‘It will be fun watching’ DeSantis and Trump ‘take on each other’
Quick Glance: Ron DeSantis stands out in elections as a Republican who could pose a threat to Trump.
  • Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, talks during an election party in Tampa.

  • Donald Trump has already threatened to run against DeSantis in 2024.

  • DeSantis served in the House of Representatives before being elected governor four years ago.

  • DeSantis' extreme stances are comparable to Trump's.
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Biden faces questions over whether he can beat DeSantis: President Biden is entering the new year riding high off a better-than-expected midterm election ...
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Biden faces questions over whether he can beat DeSantis
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Biden eagerly watches as Trump flails at DeSantis: No one is enjoying the public fight between former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis more than ...
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Biden eagerly watches as Trump flails at DeSantis
Quick Glance: After Trump's defeat, a pro-DeSantis super PAC has resurfaced.
  • Republican strategist John Thomas, who is managing the soon-to-be-launched Ron to the Rescue super PAC, told Insider in August that DeSantis should not run for president against Trump.

  • ""Ron to the Rescue" Ron to the Rescue will be launching before Thanksgiving, Thomas told Insider, and would begin producing ads and "start making some noise for the governor."

  • "The coalition that Thomas has assembled isn't just never Trumpers," he noted, but also "people who like Donald Trump."

  • Thomas also pointed out that Trump is already criticizing DeSantis, allowing the governor to stay in the spotlight without addressing the former president.
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Wall Street Journal blasts Trump for attacking DeSantis: The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal is pushing back on former President Trump’s attacks on ...
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Wall Street Journal blasts Trump for attacking DeSantis
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Former Gov. Charlie Crist has been battling incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis for executive power in the Sunshine State.
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Murdoch tells Trump he will not back fresh White House bid – report: Media mogul turns to ‘DeFuture’ Ron DeSantis after ex-president’s poor showing in midterm ...
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Murdoch tells Trump he will not back fresh White House bid – report
Quick Glance: Trump mocks Merkel, saying, "Nobody remembers her anymore - video"
  • Trump rants about energy policy: "Not good for Germany"

  • He also claimed inaccurately that Germany had "shut down all of its coal-fired power plants and nuclear power plants."

  • Trump did not appear as upbeat as he has in the past during his remarks.

  • Even Fox News, a conservative station, interrupted the live broadcast after 45 minutes, just as Trump was ragging Angela Merkel again.
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BREAKING: In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio, both Republicans, will win reelection, ABC News projects. abcn.ws/3UHwuia #Election2022

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Betting markets now give DeSantis the edge to win White House in 2024: The shift comes after Tuesday’s midterm elections failed to provide the “red wave” that ...
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Betting markets now give DeSantis the edge to win White House in 2024
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Maxwell Frost is the first Gen Z candidate elected to Congress, plus more firsts in the 2022 midterm elections
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Quick Glance: Biden's Speech Celebrates Midterm Election Results, but He Faces New Challenges
  • President Biden, dressed in a blue suit, looks at a reporter who is asking a question into a microphone held by a White House aide.

  • President Biden had the best midterm results of any president in 20 years, avoiding a Republican surge that had been forecast.

  • While Mr. Biden retains his veto pen, the path to keeping government doors open and avoiding a national debt default may pass through Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the Republican leader vying for speaker.

  • According to advisers, Mr. Biden might spend most of the next two years traveling the country for ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
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Trump’s 2024 bid is off to a rough start. But other Republicans aren’t eager to take him on just yet
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Trump’s 2024 bid is off to a rough start. But other Republicans aren’t ...
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GOP hopes of huge Latino gains realized in Florida but less evident around the country so far
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GOP hopes of huge Latino gains realized in Florida but less evident around ...
Quick Glance: Howie Carr: Relax, Mr. President Trump
  • "It's not who votes that counts, it's who counts the votes." allegedly stated Josef Stalin.

  • was for Low-Energy Jeb (yet another wonderful nickname).

  • And Murdoch (or his kids) would like to remove you from the board.

  • Never let 'em see you sweat - this is still true today, isn't it?

  • Everything you said about DeSantis in your lengthy rant was true.

  • It was true then, and it still is now.
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Where Black candidates made history in the midterm elections: Black representation in elected office has steadily increased over the last decade, but gaps remain ...
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Where Black candidates made history in the midterm elections
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Winners and losers of the 2022 midterm elections: The results of Tuesday’s midterm elections are reverberating even as some important races — and control of ...
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Winners and losers of the 2022 midterm elections
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As Trump’s star wanes, rivals signal presidential nomination campaigns: Republicans vying for the party’s nomination have taken the ex-president’s midterm losses ...
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As Trump’s star wanes, rivals signal presidential nomination campaigns
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Florida Democrats fight to reclaim political relevance: Florida Democrats are scrambling to claw their way back from the brink of irrelevance after an ...
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Florida Democrats fight to reclaim political relevance
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Donald Trump launched a third bid for president at a time when his legal troubles have never been worse
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Donald Trump launched a third bid for president at a time when his legal ...
Quick Glance: How Running for President Affects Trump's Legal Issues
  • What are the major investigations into Trump?

  • TIME's request for comment on this article was not responded to by Trump's legal counsel.

  • Is Trump's candidacy influencing how he pays his legal bills?

  • Will a special prosecutor be appointed to oversee federal probes into Trump?
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Florida Gov. DeSantis eases voting rules in counties devastated by Ian: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued an executive order expanding voting access for the ...
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Florida Gov. DeSantis eases voting rules in counties devastated by Ian
Quick Glance: DeSantis modifies voting rules for areas hardest damaged by Hurricane Ian
  • However, Central Florida election supervisors stated that their counties do not require the extra provisions that those counties are receiving.

  • "Those residents have been relocated, and we don't know where," added Arrington.

  • Orange County elections official Bill Cowles said all 20 early voting locations were open, while Lake County supervisor Alan Hays said the only potential concern was the availability of the Astor community center for early voting.

  • The governor's office stated that supervisors have not misplaced any voting devices and that all equipment and ballots are secure.

  • However, it stated that the storm damaged polling locations and early voting sites, as well as displacing several poll workers.
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Trump to hold ‘special announcement’ at Mar-a-Lago amid GOP pushback on 2024 bid: Former President Trump unveiled new details about his “special announcement” at ...
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Trump to hold ‘special announcement’ at Mar-a-Lago amid GOP pushback on ...
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What are Ron DeSantis's plans beyond the midterm elections? : US Republican Ron DeSantis, who is seen as a potential future presidential candidate ...
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What are Ron DeSantis's plans beyond the midterm elections?
Quick Glance: Charlie Crist Wins Democratic Primary in Florida, Will Face DeSantis
  • Rep. Charlie Crist defeated Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in the Democratic primary for Florida's gubernatorial election on Tuesday, as Crist looks to unseat rising star Gov. Rick Scott.

  • Ron DeSantis (R) and recover the governorship, which Crist previously held as a Republican.

  • In the race between Fried and Crist, DeSantis has frequently loomed large.

  • Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) also easily won Florida's Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday, setting up a fight between Demings and incumbent Republican Sen. Marco Rubio.
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Biden sends a stark warning about political violence ahead of midterms: ‘We can’t take democracy for granted any longer’
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Biden sends a stark warning about political violence ahead of midterms: ...
Quick Glance: Biden Warns That America's Democracy Is in Danger in Speech
  • Republicans' "Big Lie" Threatens American Democracy, Says Biden

  • President Biden criticized electoral violence and voter intimidation in a prime-time address only days before Tuesday's midterm elections.

  • In an address delivered Wednesday night, President Biden stated that democracy was at stake in the upcoming midterm elections.

  • Mr. Biden linked the attack to former President Donald J. Trump's "Big Lie" about the 2020 election being rigged.
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DeSantis leading Crist by 14 points in Florida governor race: survey: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) leads his Democratic challenger, Charlie Crist ...
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DeSantis leading Crist by 14 points in Florida governor race: survey
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Trump sets off GOP identity crisis heading into 2024: The Republican Party is plunging into an identity crisis after its November red wave dissolved ...
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Trump sets off GOP identity crisis heading into 2024
Quick Glance: Ron DeSantis believes Americans should "chill out" over a GOP civil war.
  • "We just finished this election, OK?

  • People just need to chill out a little bit on some of this stuff,"Some of this stuff just needs to be calmed down a little bit," DeSantis remarked at a press conference.

  • "I mean, seriously, we just ran an election."

  • "I mean, I know around the country, Florida was kind of the biggest bright spot," DeSantis explained.

  • DeSantis has mostly avoided responding to Trump's jabs.
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Trump attacks DeSantis amid positive press: ‘An average Republican governor’: Former President Trump released a statement on Thursday slamming Florida Gov ...
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Trump attacks DeSantis amid positive press: ‘An average Republican ...
Quick Glance: DeSantis' political career takes off after a landslide victory.
  • Ron DeSantis' reelection campaign was relentlessly focused on President Joe Biden rather than his Democratic opponent in Florida.

  • Every Republican running for statewide office won by at least 16 points on Tuesday, leaving little doubt that Florida is Republican country — and that DeSantis' political career has gotten a boost.

  • "While our country flounders due to failed leadership in Washington," added DeSantis, "Florida is on the right track."

  • On Wednesday, Trump stated on his social media platform Truth Social claimed he received almost 1 million more votes in Florida in 2020 than DeSantis did Tuesday, despite the fact that turnout is often greater in presidential elections.
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SUNSHINE STATE OF MIND: Governor Ron DeSantis predicts high Republican turnout in Florida’s midterm elections.

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Biden hopes to use Florida’s ‘extreme MAGA Republicans’ as foils for his closing midterm pitch
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Biden hopes to use Florida’s ‘extreme MAGA Republicans’ as foils for his ...
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More voters prefer Ron DeSantis to Donald Trump as 2024 GOP nominee: Poll: 41% of voters said they would prefer neither DeSantis nor Trump be the Republican ...
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More voters prefer Ron DeSantis to Donald Trump as 2024 GOP nominee: Poll
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Vance wins Ohio Senate race as control of Congress remains up for grabs: Republican J.D. Vance won Ohio's U.S. Senate race in Tuesday's midterm elections ...
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Vance wins Ohio Senate race as control of Congress remains up for grabs
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DeSantis dismisses ‘noise’ when asked about Trump’s criticism of him: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to former President Donald Trump's recent criticism for ...
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DeSantis dismisses ‘noise’ when asked about Trump’s criticism of him
Quick Glance: Trump falsely says he saved Ron DeSantis from ballot theft in 2018.
  • The claim: Trump prevented a "steal" in the 2018 Florida governor's race.

  • According to Broward County officials, there was no federal law enforcement presence throughout the 2018 election, and no ballots were stolen.

  • During the 2018 election, many investigations and analyses found no evidence of fraud in Broward County.

  • Broward County Commissioner Steve Geller concurred, adding that no one identified themselves as law enforcement or U.S. attorneys at the county's vote-counting facility on election night or on the days when the race was recounted.
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Biden equivocates on 2024 as Republicans send culture wars into overdrive: If America's angry politics were not jumbled enough, President Joe Biden just injected ...
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Biden equivocates on 2024 as Republicans send culture wars into overdrive
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DeSantis, Republicans win big: How Florida went from swing state to red state — in visuals
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DeSantis, Republicans win big: How Florida went from swing state to red ...
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Count continues in Nevada and Arizona. What we know about remaining races: live updates
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Count continues in Nevada and Arizona. What we know about remaining races: ...
Quick Glance: Midterm elections in the United States: Democrats win Arizona Senate seat.
  • Mark Kelly, Arizona's new and old senator, addresses his supporters on election night.

  • After a three-day counting marathon, Democrat Mark Kelly has successfully defended his hard-fought Senate seat in Arizona's legislative elections.

  • Republicans intended to unseat Democrats from Arizona's Senate seat.

  • A majority of 218 votes is required.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers remarks after projected reelection win: "Florida held the line." https://abcn.ws/3G13ON9

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GOP voters pick DeSantis over Trump in hypothetical head-to-head matchup for 2024 presidential nomination, new poll shows
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GOP voters pick DeSantis over Trump in hypothetical head-to-head matchup ...
Quick Glance: GOP voters prefer DeSantis to Trump in a potential presidential primary fight in 2024, according to a poll
  • In a hypothetical one-on-one contest for the Republican nomination in 2024, Ron DeSantis would defeat former President Donald Trump, GOP voters said in a new poll released Thursday.

  • More than two years after losing his reelection attempt to President Joe Biden, Trump still has considerable power within the Republican Party.

  • Trump has been the sole major candidate formally campaigning for president for nearly three months.

  • As a result, Trump has begun to launch more pointed attacks against some of his potential Republican opponents.
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The GOP Is More MAGA Than Ever: It’s hard to overstate how radicalized and anarchic the base of the Republican Party remains.
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The GOP Is More MAGA Than Ever
Quick Glance: Takeaways from the legislative special session focused on fixing things
  • The special legislative session held by lawmakers this week appeared to be a "best of" compilation of Gov.

  • Lawmakers moved to dissolve the district last year after DeSantis clashed with the company over its opposition to Florida's Parental Rights in Education legislation, dubbed the "don't say gay" bill by critics.

  • Instead of dissolving the district, lawmakers renamed it this week and gave DeSantis, not Disney, the authority to choose the district's five board members.

  • They also passed legislation clarifying that DeSantis could fly migrants from any state, after DeSantis appeared to violate state law by flying migrants from Texas to Massachusetts' Martha's Vineyard last year.
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Ron DeSantis on Trump attacks: Florida governor touts his re-election success: "I roll out of bed, I have people attacking me from all angles ...
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Ron DeSantis on Trump attacks: Florida governor touts his re-election ...
Quick Glance: Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley Must Find the Courage to Take on Trump
  • Nikki Haley, unlike Trump, is a young woman.

  • The big question is whether DeSantis (or anyone else) will actually hit Trump.

  • When it came to criticising Trump, Republican candidates echoed Homer Simpson's campaign slogan, " Can't someone else do it ?"

  • Someone has to attack Trump, keep attacking Trump, bloody his nose, and then survive the counterpunch to defeat the reigning champion.
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Florida Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to congressional map backed by DeSantis
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Quick Glance: Florida Supreme Court upholds DeSantis-backed congressional map
  • On February 24, 2022, Ron DeSantis speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, United States.

  • Several voting and civil rights organizations have challenged the plan as illegal because it destroys a majority-Black district in north Florida held by Democratic U.S. Representative Al Lawson.

  • Last month, a state judge issued a temporary injunction against the proposal, ruling that it illegally reduced Black voters' opportunity to elect their preferred candidate.

  • However, he was overruled by an appeals court, and the Florida Supreme Court said on Thursday that it would not intervene at this time.
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DeSantis' handpicked Secretary of State Cord Byrd will oversee his race: DeSantis picked a "radical far-right" lawmaker who won't acknowledge Biden win to run ...
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DeSantis' handpicked Secretary of State Cord Byrd will oversee his race
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As their leader Manny Diaz resigns, Florida Democrats are an endangered species | Opinion
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As their leader Manny Diaz resigns, Florida Democrats are an endangered ...
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Republicans prefer Ron DeSantis over Donald Trump in new opinion poll: According to a survey, most Republican voters prefer Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as ...
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Republicans prefer Ron DeSantis over Donald Trump in new opinion poll
Quick Glance: Republican primary: DeSantis polls far ahead of Trump
  • Is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis running for President of the United States?

  • A new poll indicates how promising it would be if he ran: DeSantis is 23 percentage points ahead of former President Donald Trump statewide, according to the poll.

  • Trump continues to lead in most polls, according to the polling website FiveThirtyEight.

  • "Republicans want Trumpism without Trump"
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A tense nation casts a vote for smooth midterm election despite some glitches: Despite some glitches, voting rights advocates said the problems voters ...
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A tense nation casts a vote for smooth midterm election despite some ...
Quick Glance: Democrats will control the University of Colorado Board of Regents, according to the title.
  • Colorado voters elected two new members and re-elected a third to the University of Colorado Board of Regents, while the fourth election, in the newly constituted District 8, remains too close to call.

  • In District 4, which encompasses eastern Colorado, Republican former Colorado House Speaker Frank McNulty of Highlands Ranch earned 63% of the vote, defeating Navy veteran, retired mechanic, and teacher Jack Barrington of Las Animas.

  • Sue Sharkey, a Republican from Castle Rock who has represented District 4 since 2011, has reached her two-term maximum.

  • Colorado, along with Michigan, Nebraska, and Nevada, is one of four states where citizens elect university regents.
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Ron DeSantis’ Fingerprints All Over Ouster of Brennan Asplen, Superintendent for Sarasota County Schools
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Big GOP Donors Reject Trump, as he launches 2024 Campaign: Former President Donald Trump announced Nov. 15 that he's taking another shot at the presidency in ...
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Big GOP Donors Reject Trump, as he launches 2024 Campaign
Quick Glance: Five lessons from Trump's Mar-a-Lago presidential campaign announcement in 2024
  • On Tuesday, November 15, 2022, former President Donald Trump makes a special statement from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

  • "Joe Biden has abolished America's borders," he proclaimed.

  • Lower taxes, less regulations, and fair trade deals, according to Trump, will bring the US economy back on track.

  • Trump made no mention of Florida Gov. Rick Scott.
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GOP elites want to turn from Trump. Will the base let them?: Forget the scathing editorials from conservative media blaming former President Donald Trump for the ...
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GOP elites want to turn from Trump. Will the base let them?
Quick Glance: The Unexpected Way DeSantis Turned Florida Red and Stole Trump's Spotlight
  • "The pandemic really changed Florida a lot."

  • That was the first time in modern history that registered Florida Republicans outnumbered registered Florida Democrats.

  • Ziegler attributes Trump's victory in Florida to making Southern Democrats feel like he was on their side, in contrast to the two Republican presidential nominees who came before him, Mitt Romney and John McCain.

  • According to Secretary of State figures, Florida gained about a million voters between 2019 and 2022.

  • However, while Republicans gained nearly 500,000 more voters, the number of registered Democrats decreased.
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Republicans are ready to ‘move on’ from Trump after election debacle. Too bad they can’t
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Republicans are ready to ‘move on’ from Trump after election debacle ...
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As DeSantis considers presidential campaign, super PAC emerges to help him: The head of a pro-DeSantis super PAC said it was the poor performance of candidates ...
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As DeSantis considers presidential campaign, super PAC emerges to help him
Quick Glance: Trump vs. DeSantis: A simmering rivalry erupts
  • He's slammed Fox News coverage, which, like most of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, has softened its stance on Trump in recent days.

  • "The difference now, and I say this with all respect for Ron DeSantis, he's never entered the ring with a pugilist like Donald Trump," said Corey Lewandowski, Trump's 2016 primary campaign manager.

  • Sarah Longwell, the Republican Accountability Project's director, said she'd vote for "anyone but Trump" in 2024, but she's not sure about DeSantis.

  • "I certainly want every Republican to run against Trump."
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Trump seeks White House again amid GOP losses, legal probes: The former president is facing a series of escalating criminal investigations ...
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Trump seeks White House again amid GOP losses, legal probes
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Florida no longer looks like a swing state after DeSantis, Rubio lead big Republican wins
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Florida no longer looks like a swing state after DeSantis ...
Quick Glance: Ron DeSantis: 1, First Amendment: 0
  • The answer to the inconsistency is that DeSantis is only concerned about freedom when it comes to expressing ideas that he believes in.

  • There is a strong liberal case to be made that essentialist notions about race aid to support illiberal speech restrictions.

  • The liberal response is to support freedom of expression.

  • He honestly feels he has the legal and moral authority to restrict academics' beliefs.
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Super PAC emerges to encourage DeSantis to run for president: Organized by a California strategist, the committee aims to boost Florida’s governor over former ...
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Super PAC emerges to encourage DeSantis to run for president
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Trump speeds down runway of presidential bid as he stumps for midterm election picks
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Trump speeds down runway of presidential bid as he stumps for midterm ...
Quick Glance: Trump raises animosity ahead of election with insulting moniker for DeSantis
  • President Donald Trump meets with Florida Gov. Rick Scott.

  • DeSantis also avoided mentioning Trump.

  • Stafford Jones, a Gainesville-based Republican political consultant who rarely tweets, said, "Donald Trump belittling and name-calling our Florida Governor two days before the 2022 midterms, in which our Governor is on the ballot . . . unforgivable."

  • Trump responded to DeSantis' endorsement on Truth Social.
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What to watch ahead of the midterms: Many lower-profile state races have national significance
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What to watch ahead of the midterms
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After underwhelming midterms, what’s next for GOP?: In the wake of their party’s historically poor midterm election performance, rank-and-file Republicans have ...
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After underwhelming midterms, what’s next for GOP?
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Democrats’ Florida drubbing is a cautionary tale | Editorial: As much as Democrats might want to exult over midterm-election results — one of the better recent ...
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Democrats’ Florida drubbing is a cautionary tale | Editorial
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Five lessons from the midterm exit polls: The dust is beginning to settle from the 2022 midterm elections, with Democrats holding the Senate and control of the ...
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Five lessons from the midterm exit polls
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'TRUMPTY DUMPTY' HAD A GREAT FALL: Murdoch media roasts Trump over lacklustre GOP midterm elections showing
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'TRUMPTY DUMPTY' HAD A GREAT FALL: Murdoch media roasts Trump ...
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Trump says he’s ‘not at all angry’ about midterm results: Former President Trump on Thursday pushed back on reports that he is angry and spreading blame for ...
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Trump says he’s ‘not at all angry’ about midterm results
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recorded robocalls for Mike Lee. Here’s what they were missing.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recorded robocalls for Mike Lee ...
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Gov. Ron DeSantis won reelection by 19 points. But isn't Florida supposed to be a swing state?

Political editor Emily Mahoney explains what led ... Show more   https://trib.al/pMf5863

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In Florida, abortion rights, not ‘Biden’s inflation,’ should be a top concern for voters | Opinion
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In Florida, abortion rights, not ‘Biden’s inflation,’ should be a top ...
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In bid to control curriculums, conservatives fund school board races: Often-ignored school board elections are in the spotlight in the run-up to midterm ...
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In bid to control curriculums, conservatives fund school board races
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Politicians from across the nation are swarming in California on money runs: Despite California's blue lean, its donors send millions to politicians of both ...
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Politicians from across the nation are swarming in California on money ...