Ron DeSantis

He has been Governor of Florida since 2019, after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2018. He sought the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. He is named in the market on the winner of the 2028 US presidential election.

Career

DeSantis studied history at Yale University, graduating in 2001, and earned a law degree at Harvard Law School in 2005. He served in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, on active duty from 2004 to 2010 and in the reserve until 2019, reaching the rank of lieutenant commander. He represented Florida's 6th district in the U.S. House from 2013 to 2018 and was a founding member of the Freedom Caucus in 2015. He won the 2018 governor's race by 0.4 points over Andrew Gillum and was re-elected in 2022 with 59.4 percent against Charlie Crist. He announced a presidential run in May 2023 and withdrew in January 2024, endorsing Donald Trump.

Positions

Wikipedia describes DeSantis as a conservative. His record as governor includes tax reduction and fiscal conservatism, E-Verify requirements and a ban on sanctuary cities, and the transport of migrants to Democratic-led states. He signed the Parental Rights in Education Act and a heartbeat abortion law, backed higher-education reform and vocational training, and has criticised the governments of Venezuela and Cuba. He opposed the Affordable Care Act while in Congress.

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