Angie Windhauser (REP): CEO of nonprofit Gods Finest Hour Drama Outreach of Florida, ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 and 2018, ran for president in 2020 and 2024. Also currently running for U.S. House District 10. (no campaign website found)

Democrats David Jolly and Jerry Demings and Republicans Byron Donalds and Paul Renner are already running for Florida’s next governor. Lt. Governor Jay Collins is considering a run and recently bought a website domain.

Political analysts say both gubernatorial races are wide open, but the paths to victory look very different in each state.

The year began with unprecedented national influence. On January 20th, Donald Trump returned to the White House for his second, nonconsecutive term, the first time a Floridian has held the presidency.

Much of Santa Rosa County had no state representative during the 2025 session due to an election delay. A new bill would force election expediency.

With an inauguration, Special Elections and a few career-threatening scandals along the way, Florida remained central in national politics.

Backers of a proposed recreational marijuana constitutional amendment filed a lawsuit Monday challenging directives by state elections officials that invalidated about 71,000 petition signatures. The lawsuit,