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Ronald Dion DeSantis was born on September 14, 1978, in Jacksonville, Florida, to parents Karen DeSantis (née Rogers) and Ronald Daniel DeSantis. His middle name, Dion, honors the singer Dion DiMucci , [ 3 ] and his family name has different pronunciations. [ 4 ]
DeSantis (left) and Melania Trump, 2019. In February 2019, DeSantis established the First Lady's Medal for Courage, Commitment, and Service. [13] Soon after, she announced Florida's 2019 Black History Month theme as "Celebrating Public Service" where she and the governor honored the winners of Florida's Black History Month student contests and Excellence in Education Award recipients at the ...
Jeanette Marie Nuñez (née Sánchez; born June 6, 1972) is an American businesswoman and politician serving as the 20th lieutenant governor of Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she represented Miami-Dade County in the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 to 2018, also serving as speaker pro tempore for her final two years in the office.
DeSantis is largely credited for ushering in a red wave in Florida. In 2022, he defeated his Democratic challenger by 16 points, the largest margin of any gubernatorial race in 40 years.
A DeSantis departure for Washington would mean that Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez becomes Florida's first woman governor and first Cuban-American at the top. Auditions for '26 governor's race would begin
She was the first Hispanic woman and the first Cuban-American woman to sit on the Florida Supreme Court. [14] In April 2019, Lagoa wrote for the unanimous court when it found that DeSantis had acted within his authority by suspending Sheriff Scott Israel for his response to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. [15] [16]
A DeSantis departure for Washington would mean that Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez becomes Florida's first woman governor and first Cuban-American at the top. Auditions for '26 governor's race would begin
DeSantis, Binning added, “is a perfect candidate for the Mahoning Valley.” The Republic Steel works on the Mahoning River in Youngstown, Ohio, in the 1940s. (Lawrence D. Thornton / Getty Images)