Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed on Thursday who will replace Marco Rubio in the Senate after he is likely confirmed to be Secretary of State.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered flags at state buildings to be at full-staff for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20 despite a 30-day mourning for former President Jimmy Carter.

DeSantis has been above water his entire six years in office, though he saw his nadir the latter half of 2020, when the state struggled with the pandemic, high unemployment and a failing unemployment assistance website. He was at +1 and +2 in the Fall and Winter quarters, respectively.

Moody, a former prosecutor and judge, has a record of “delivering results,” DeSantis said as he announced his choice at an Orlando hotel.

Trump, who endorsed the Governor’s call for a Special Session, told DeSantis he got elected to “solve” the “immigration issue,” and DeSantis said Florida is “ready, willing and able to assist” with his Special Session called for the last week of January offering a timely opportunity.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling for a special legislative session on a variety of issues, but GOP leaders are calling it "premature."

Gov. Ron DeSantis has ordered all flags at state buildings in Florida to fly to their full height for Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to call for several provisions for Florida's legislature to enact when they meet for a special session on Jan. 27.

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“ The New York Times poll found that 87 percent of Americans support deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records, 63 percent of Americans support deporting illegal immigrants that arrived under Joe Biden, and 55 percent support deporting all illegal immigrants,” the transition team routes on Saturday.

The four years between Donald Trump’s first term in office and his second were marked by an extraordinary political shift in Florida. In January 2021, President Joe Biden entered the White House with Florida ostensibly still on the map of battleground states.