Michael Ertel, the Seminole County elections supervisor since 2005, has been appointed Florida’s secretary of state by the new governor-elect, Ron DeSantis. His key duty will be overseeing elections.
Jeanette Nuñez, Florida’s lieutenant governor-elect, has sat in on key meetings for the Ron DeSantis transition team and helped vet Supreme Court nominees — signs she’ll be an active member of the administration.
Republican Florida Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis and Lt. Gov.-elect Jeanette Nuñez took their ‘Thank You’ tour to Little Havana Saturday following their win over Democrat Andrew Gillum. They couldn’t have won without support from Miami’s Hispanic voters.
Calling it standard practice, governor-elect Ron DeSantis has directed state agency heads to submit their resignations by Friday as his transition team puts together a new administration.
Andrew Gillum lost the race for Florida governor weeks ago, but he’s still campaigning and visited Miami Monday night to thank supporters. The Miami Herald sat down with him to talk about his loss, his plans and whether he’ll run for president himself in 2020.
Resistance is building against outgoing Gov. Rick Scott’s suspension of Broward Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes and his hand-picked successor, Pete Antonacci, who was sworn in Thursday as supervisor.
Democrats spent more money in Carlos Curbelo’s district than any other across the country on a healthcare-centric TV campaign, and Donald Trump’s immigration talk spelled electoral doom for the two-term Republican.
As his days as governor wind down, Rick Scott suspends Broward Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes and appoints his fixer, Pete Antonacci. The move is designed to aid a 2020 Trump win in Florida by manhandling its largest Democratic county.
Gov. Rick Scott was scheduled to become Sen. Scott five days before his term as Florida’s governor will end, but he has decided he will complete his term as governor and get sworn into the U.S. Senate five days late.
Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes has rescinded her resignation a day after Gov. Rick Scott suspended the Democrat from her post following her office’s criticized handling of the midterm election.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday that he’d removed Broward elections supervisor Brenda Snipes from her position over “misfeasance.” Scott is replacing her with his former general counsel, Peter Antonacci.
Former President Bill Clinton will interrupt his book tour with James Patterson Saturday to appear at a Donna Shalala fundraiser on Miami Beach. She needs to pay off her campaign debt after loaning her campaign $745,000.
Sunny Isles Beach commission candidate David Grossman reached a consent agreement with the Florida Office of Financial Regulation in 2015 for allegedly participating in an investment scheme, but he still hasn’t paid a $32,000 fine.
A rumor online said a dead man in Broward voted in recent elections, but it was actually his son. Broward didn’t update its voter rolls and mixed up the voter IDs.
Voters decided between two candidates each for two seats on the Cutler Bay city commission. The election went to a runoff after none of the candidates took a majority of votes in the Nov. 6 election.
Voters decide between two candidates each for seats two and five in the North Miami Beach city commission runoff after none of the candidates took a majority of votes in the Nov. 6 election.
Florida’s 2018 midterms seemed all wrapped up on election night. Then late-developing votes in Broward and Palm Beach changed everything in the race between Bill Nelson and Rick Scott.
State Rep. Matt Caldwell conceded the agriculture commissioner race in a letter to voters and a letter to Secretary of State Ken Detzner Monday afternoon. He blames Broward County’s ‘abject failures’ for the loss.
Miami-Dade County Election Supervisor Christina White has been praised for her handling of the challenging recount. White oversees the largest elections operation in Florida and seventh-largest in the nation.
