DeSantis committee hauls in cash Gov. Ron DeSantis talked about the 60 minutes piece accusing him of corruption with vaccines. (Source: WWSB) By Jim Saunders | May 10, 2021 at 4:58 PM EDT - Updated May 10 at 4:58 PM
TALLAHASSEE , Fla. (News Service of Florida) - In a show of force, Gov. Ron DeSantisâ political committee raised nearly $14 million in April as he prepares for a re-election campaign next year - and as speculation builds about a possible bid for president in 2024.
The committee Friends of Ron DeSantis raised $13.979 million in April and had about $31.6 million in cash on hand as of the end of the month, according to a report posted Monday on the state Division of Elections website.
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Florida is the latest state to enact GOP-backed restrictions on mail voting.
Many of these laws may appease Trump rather than help the GOP.
Despite Trump s claims, there is no evidence that mail voting helped Democrats.
Flanked by a smiling crowd of supporters at the Airport Hilton in West Palm Beach on Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the latest in a wave of Republican-backed bills restricting mail voting at an event that only Fox News was allowed to carry live.
Between Fox News scoring an exclusive for the signing and the effusive praise from the Fox & Friends hosts for DeSantis, the event was clearly made-for-Trump television.
Rep. Charlie Crist to Challenge DeSantis for Florida Governor
Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) announced Tuesday he will try to beat incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022.
Crist, 64, was elected governor of Florida in 2006 as a Republican. He later became a Democrat and lost in the 2014 gubernatorial election to Rick Scott.
In a launch video, Crist highlighted what he sees as his top accomplishments as the top official in the state, including protecting swaths of the Everglades, cutting property taxes, and expanding healthcare for children. He played a clip of former Democrat President Barack Obama praising him before attacking DeSantis, 42, a Republican.
Black Floridians statewide were shocked when Broward County Public School Superintendent Robert Runcie, leader of Americaâs sixth largest school district, was arrested on April 22 on a single felony criminal charge that smacks of revenge and politics.
FORT LAUDERDALE â Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie was arrested April 22 by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and charged with a single count of perjury in an official proceeding, a third-degree felony in Florida punishable by a maximum of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Hereâs a paraphrased summary of the single charge:
.Defendant ROBERT W. RUNCIE, while testifying under oath in an official proceeding, to wit, the Twentieth Statewide Grand Jury. did make a false statement which ROBERT W. RUNCIE did not believe to be true, in regard to a material matter.in violation of.the Florida Statutes.