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2018 election results map by county. On January 5, 2018, DeSantis filed to run for governor of Florida to succeed term-limited Republican incumbent Rick Scott. [3] President Trump had said the previous month that he would support DeSantis should he run for governor. [4]
The executive branch of the government of Florida consists of the governor, lieutenant governor, Florida Cabinet (which includes the attorney general, commissioner of agriculture and chief financial officer), and several executive departments. [1] Each office term is limited to two four-year terms. [2]
DeSantis became governor of Florida on January 8, 2019. [144] Inaugurated at age 40, he was the youngest person to assume the office since Park Trammell in 1913 and the youngest Republican ever to serve in the position. [ 145 ]
Florida Governor Office, Governor Ron DeSantis Calls for Term Limits, Other Constitutional Reforms to Hold Congress and Washington, D.C., Accountable, Jan. 29, 2024
The Florida Governor's Mansion in Tallahassee, Florida. The official residence of the governor of Florida is the Florida Governor's Mansion, in Tallahassee. The mansion was built in 1956, was designed to resemble Andrew Jackson's Hermitage, and since July 20, 2006 is part of the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It is also one of the ...
The 1865 and 1868 constitutions created the office of lieutenant governor, [50] [51] who would similarly act as governor. This office was abolished in 1885, with the president of the senate again taking on that duty. [52] The 1968 constitution recreated the office of lieutenant governor, who now becomes governor in the absence of the governor. [53]
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The 2022 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Florida, alongside other state and local elections.Incumbent Republican governor Ron DeSantis won re-election in a landslide, [1] and defeated the Democratic Party nominee, Charlie Crist, who served as governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011 as a Republican and later as an independent.