“Life is a sacred gift worthy of our protection, and I am proud to sign this great piece of legislation which represents the most significant protections for life in the state”
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Ron DeSantis
Ronald Dion DeSantis is an American politician, attorney, and former naval officer serving as the 46th governor of Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2013 to 2018 as the U.S. representative from Florida's 6th congressional district. DeSantis was a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, withdrawing his candidacy in January 2024.
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2026· 41 entries
“The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state.”
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El Comercio Perú: ¡Atención, padres! DeSantis las aprobó: de qué tratan estas nuevas leyes de Florida que cambian las reglas del ciclo escolar 2026-2027
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Office of Governor Ron DeSantis: Governor Ron DeSantis Reappoints Michael Hingst to the Clay County Utility Authority
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El Comercio Perú: Ron DeSantis la aprobó y ya está vigente: la ley HB 7031E de Florida que otorga hasta US$500 a propietarios que cumplan estos requisitos
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El Comercio Perú: Ron DeSantis no podrá aprobarlo ni vetarlo: de qué trata el proyecto de Florida que fijará una severa prohibición a dueños de gatos
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Gestión: ¿Cuáles son los planes de Ron DeSantis cuando termine su mandato como gobernador de Florida?
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Published video “Governor DeSantis Awards Infrastructure Funds for Small & Rural Florida Communities”.
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WJHG: Governor Ron DeSantis holds press conference in Holmes County
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laopinion.com: Ron DeSantis contempla pena de muerte para Michael Caruso, exfuncionario acusado de abusar de un menor
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The Times of India: ‘OUR ECONOMY SUCKS!’: Ron DeSantis Betrays ‘BOSS’ Trump; Declares 2028 Presidential Bid | WATCH
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Florida Politics: Byron Donalds says he's talked with Ron DeSantis, Jay Collins as GOP unites behind Gov. nominee
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Florida Daily: Ron DeSantis Announces $60 Million in Cancer Innovation Awards, Opens $70 Million Funding Cycle
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Office of Governor Ron DeSantis: Governor Ron DeSantis Awards Nearly $8.8 Million for Projects Across Northwest Florida Rural Communities
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The Miami Times: Ron DeSantis mocks ‘socialist’ Angie Nixon, defers judgment on what Byron Donalds might do as Governor
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WFLA: Gov. Ron DeSantis discusses Florida initiatives to fight cancer
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Contexto Tucumán: Ron DeSantis anuncia posible pena de muerte para Michael Caruso tras acusaciones de abuso infantil
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Infobae: Ron DeSantis advierte pena de muerte para Michael Caruso en Florida: “Le espera un mundo de dolor”
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Floridian Press: DeSantis Sidesteps Campaigning for Donalds in Governor's Race
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Published video “Governor DeSantis Announces Florida Cancer Innovation Fund Awardees”.
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Florida Politics: State plans to dish $70 million on grants to fight cancer, Ron DeSantis says
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cw34.com: DeSantis announces $60M in Florida Cancer Innovation Fund awards at Orlando event
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Space Coast Daily: Gov. Ron DeSantis Announces $60 Million in Cancer Innovation Awards, Opens $70 Million Application Cycle
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Florida Politics: Ron DeSantis endorses Ryan Elijah, citing trust earned as a local broadcast journalist
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WFLA: Ron DeSantis discute avances en tratamientos oncológicos
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LGBTQ Nation: Gov. Ron DeSantis appointee arrested over child molestation & kidnapping charges
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Cuba en Miami: Florida define la batalla por suceder a Ron DeSantis: Byron Donalds y David Jolly se enfrentarán en noviembre
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WKMG: Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks in Orlando at AdventHealth
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Public attention spiked: 20,273 Wikipedia readers in one day, 9.3× the usual 2,180, with 1 article edits. Coverage that week: “‘OUR ECONOMY SUCKS!’: Ron DeSantis Betrays ‘BOSS’ Trump; Declares 2028 Presidential Bid | WATCH” (The Times of India).
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Published video “Governor DeSantis Hosts Higher Education Roundtable at New College of Florida”.
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Published video “Governor DeSantis Makes Announcement at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University”.
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Published video “Governor DeSantis Unveils Statue of Andrew Jackson in Marianna”.
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Published video “Governor DeSantis Announces $9 Million for Port of Pensacola Boatbuilding Facilities”.
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Published video “Governor DeSantis Makes Announcements About the Future of Transportation in Florida at SunTrax”.
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Published video “Governor DeSantis Highlights Florida’s Leadership in Education to Start New School Year”.
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Published video “Governor DeSantis Speaks at Florida Sheriffs Association Summer Conference”.
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Public attention spiked: 6,911 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 2,180, with 0 article edits.
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Published video “Governor DeSantis Announces Implementation of Florida Law to Combat Terrorist Organizations”.
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Published video “"A Republic, if you can keep it." Ron DeSantis speaks at Ave Maria University Graduation.”.
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Published video “Governor DeSantis on Hearing from Floridians”.
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Claimed: “Since the 2020 census, Florida has "moved from a Democrat majority to a 1.5 million Republican advantage."” — rated Half True by PolitiFact.
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2025· 3 entries
AP News rated the claim “DESANTIS” The Biden administration never said that.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “In late August 2025, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis mobilized the state’s National Guard to pick fruit.” Labeled Satire.
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State Attorney Jack Campbell opened a criminal investigation into the allegations of money laundering and wire fraud
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2024· 23 entries
Claimed: “Does Florida have the lowest per capita debt of any U.S. state?” — rated True by First Coast News.
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After the Supreme Court of Florida upheld the 15-week ban on April 1, 2024
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Disney settled its pending state court lawsuits with DeSantis
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Withdrew from the presidential race and endorsed Trump
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Two days before the New Hampshire primary, DeSantis announced on X that he was suspending his campaign and endorsed Trump
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Claimed: ““Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.”” — rated Mostly True by PolitiFact.
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Published video “WATCH LIVE: Ron DeSantis Delivers Remarks at Caucus Night Watch Party”.
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Published video “Ron DeSantis Interview on GMA3 (ABC) (Iowa Caucus, Haley, Trump)”.
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Published video “DeSantis on Local 5 News (WOI) – On the Iowa Caucus; GOTV”.
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Published video “Ron DeSantis on NewsNation Live with Marni Hughes - On the Differences Between Him and Nikki Haley”.
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Published video “Ron DeSantis on CBS Mornings - His Closing Argument to Iowans”.
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Published video “Ron DeSantis on CNN This Morning - Memories Campaigning in Iowa With The Kids”.
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Published video “Ron DeSantis on Fox & Friends, Fox News - On His Incredible Ground Game in Iowa”.
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Published video “Ron DeSantis on KCCI 8 News Close Up - On His Support From Christians Across the State”.
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Claimed: ““Biden wasn’t helping Americans get out of the war zone. These are people that were stranded. So I did an executive order. We scrambled planes and we rescued over 700 Americans from Israel and brought them back safely to the state of Florida.”” — rated False by The Washington Post.
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Claimed: “On gender-affirming surgery for minors, "(Haley) said she's against (it). That wasn't what she said this summer. She was asked about it. It's on video, and she said the law should stay out of it."” — rated Partially correct by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “"The problem now in the last five years is life expectancy is going down."” — rated Largely correct by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Think about what's happening to our country. Just this week, we saw the news that a school in Brooklyn, New York, had the kids stay home. They were not able to go to school, (were) told, ‘You can’t go get an in-person education.’ Why? Because the city's commandeering the school to house illegal a…” — rated omits key details by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “In Florida, “income growth is top of the chart.”” — rated Half True by PolitiFact.
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FactCheck.org rated the claim ““DeSantis called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.'”” False.
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Campaign: 2024 presidential election.
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Desantis signed into a law a bill that requires social media platforms to prohibit people under 16 years old from making accounts
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Due to the controversy that arose over Pete Hegseth's nomination as Secretary of Defense, Trump considered nominating DeSantis instead
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2023· 6 entries
Claimed: “Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.” — rated Mostly True by PolitiFact.
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DeSantis officially launched his bid for president
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DeSantis announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president of the United States
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Disney filed suit against DeSantis and several others, accusing them of retaliating against protected speech
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DeSantis reversed his position, saying, "we’re not going to mess with Social Security
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DeSantis reestablished the Florida Department of Commerce, consolidating Visit Florida, Enterprise Florida and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
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2022· 12 entries
Election won: 2022 candidacy.
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But a state judge blocked its enforcement, ruling that it violated the right to privacy guaranteed by the Florida Constitution
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Awarded Time 100 (2022).
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Signed into law a bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy; under the previous law, the limit had been 24 weeks
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Called it a "disastrous gaffe" and quoted an unnamed ally of DeSantis lamenting that afterward, "We were handling Gillum with kid gloves
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DeSantis signed a bill creating an election police unit to investigate election fraud
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In 2022, DeSantis appeared on Time 100, Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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Made him a millionaire by the end of that year
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Campaign: 2022 candidacy.
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DeSantis appeared on Time 100, Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world
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That DeSantis oversaw the force-feeding of detainees and DeSantis acknowledged that he advised the commander of the base about the use of force feeding
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DeSantis became seen as a contender for the nomination
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2021· 10 entries
DeSantis announced a new bill, the Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act ("Stop WOKE Act"), which would allow parents to sue school districts that teach critical race theory
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DeSantis announced that as part of a $100 million funding proposal for the Florida National Guard, $3
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Because of a significant increase in gasoline prices, DeSantis announced that he would temporarily waive Florida's gasoline tax in the next legislative session, in 2022
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DeSantis announced that Florida would replace the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) test with a system of three smaller tests throughout the school year, in the fall, winter and spring
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DeSantis signed the Fairness in Women's Sports Act (SB 1028)
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DeSantis announced that all Florida police officers, firefighters, and paramedics would receive a $1,000 bonus
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DeSantis announced support for legislation to hold tech companies accountable to prevent alleged political censorship
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“s gasoline tax in the next legislative session, in 2022. Florida had a record state budget surplus in 2023. In 2023, DeSantis reestablished the Florida Department of Commerce, consolidating Visit Florida, Enterprise Florida and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. While in Congress, DeSantis supported proposals to raise the retirement age (i.e., the age to qualify for Medicare and Social Security) to 70 and to privatize Medicare, turning it into a”
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A federal court upheld Desantis's ban on mask mandates in schools, which he argued gave parents back their authority under the Parental Rights Bill
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DeSantis halted cooperation with the Biden administration's program to relocate and resettle migrants in Florida in the wake of a surge in illegal immigration
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2020· 1 entry
DeSantis blamed former governor Rick Scott for "revamping the state's unemployment insurance system with pointless roadblocks that he said were designed to prevent people from claiming benefits", saying it created massiv
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2019· 3 entries
Posthumously pardoned the Groveland Four, a group of black men falsely convicted of rape in 1949
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Career landmark: Governor of Florida (2019).
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“It is critically important that Spanish-speaking Floridians are able to exercise their right to vote without any language barriers.”
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2018· 4 entries
DeSantis won the Republican primary, defeating his main opponent, Adam Putnam
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DeSantis filed to run for the office of governor to replace term-limited Republican incumbent Rick Scott
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Campaign: 2018 candidacy.
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“We are going to stand with our Jewish brothers and sisters and we are absolutely going to stand strong in support of the Florida-Israel relationship. The Legislature and I have worked really hard on a lot of great legislation over the past few years on issues including Holocaust education, anti-BDS legislation, security for synagogues and Jewish day schools, and so much more.”
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2017· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (2017–2018).
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2016· 3 entries
DeSantis introduced the Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act, which would have allowed states to create their own accreditation systems
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DeSantis received a "0" rating from the Human Rights Campaign for his voting record on LGBT-related legislation
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But withdrew when incumbent senator Marco Rubio sought reelection
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2015· 3 entries
Co-sponsored Kate's Law, which would have increased penalties for aliens who unlawfully reenter the U
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DeSantis was a founding member of the Freedom Caucus, a group of congressional conservatives and libertarians
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Career landmark: United States representative (2015–2017).
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2014· 2 entries
DeSantis introduced the Let Seniors Work Act, the companion of a similar bill introduced by Marco Rubio in the Senate
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That would have required the Justice Department to report to Congress whenever any federal agency refrained from enforcing laws
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2013· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (2013–2015).
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2009· 1 entry
In a chapel at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
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2007· 1 entry
DeSantis reported to the Naval Special Warfare Command Group in Coronado, California, where he was assigned as a legal adviser to SEAL Team One; he deployed to Iraq in the fall of 2007 as part of the troop surge
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2005· 2 entries
Studied at Naval Justice School (2005).
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Studied at Harvard Law School, Juris Doctor (2005).
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2004· 2 entries
And was promoted to lieutenant before serving as a legal advisor to SEAL Team One
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During his second year at Harvard Law, DeSantis was commissioned as an officer in the U
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2002· 1 entry
And Palm Beach County, which had not voted Republican since 1986
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2001· 2 entries
Had the team's best batting average at
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Studied at Yale College, Bachelor of Arts (2001).
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1998· 1 entry
Played for Yale Bulldogs baseball (1998–2001).
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1997· 1 entry
Studied at Dunedin High School (1997).
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1978· 2 entries
In Jacksonville, Florida, to parents Karen DeSantis (née Rogers) and Ronald Daniel DeSantis
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Born 1978-09-14.
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1913· 1 entry
And the youngest Republican ever to hold the position
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