DeSantis, who has remained silent for weeks on when voters could expect to elect Hastings’s successor, announced that primaries in Florida’s 20th Congressional District will take place on Nov. 2, with a general election being held on Jan. 11.
Hastings’s district is considered safe territory for Democrats, and the party’s eventual nominee is likely to win the general election next year. But the schedule for the special election means that residents of Florida’s 20th, a majority Black district in South Florida, will have to wait at least another eight months for representation in Washington.
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The timeline set by DeSantis flies in the face of calls from local officials and candidates for the seat who have urged him to hold the election quickly.
As the Florida Senate was debating and voting on legislation, state Sen. Perry Thurston left the Capitol to attend a political event 450 miles away. He was seeking votes for the next office he wants to hold: Congressman. While he was on the campaign trail, Thurston missed the debate and vote on one of the most contentious bills of the legislative session, a measure to ban transgender females from competing in girl’s and women’s sports.
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At least 13 candidates are deciding whether they want to take a shot at the seat of longtime congressman Alcee Hastings. Ripple effects will spread down through Broward and Palm Beach counties and the state Capitol.
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