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'''Ronald Dion DeSantis''' (born September 14, 1978) is the incumbent and stealth [[Establishment|establishment]] 46th Governor of [[Florida]], serving since 2019. [[Trump]]'s endorsement of him propelled him to victory in the [[Republican]] primary for governor of [[Florida]] in 2018, and then he barely defeated the later-indicted (21 felony counts) [[Democrat]] [[Andrew Gillum]] in the [[2018 midterms]].<ref>''[http://archive.is/QfvFt If Democrats want to win, they need a black politician on the ticket]'', Theodore R. Johnson, ''The Washington Post'', March 13, 2020.</ref>  In 2022, the [[conservative]] [[Ashley Moody]] won reelection as Attorney General by nearly 61% of the vote, which helped carry DeSantis to victory with a smaller number of those same votes. DeSantis previously served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from January 2013 to September 2018.

'''Ronald Dion DeSantis''' (born September 14, 1978) is the incumbent and 46th Governor of [[Florida]], serving since 2019. [[Trump]]'s endorsement of him propelled him to victory in the [[Republican]] primary for governor of [[Florida]] in 2018, and then he barely defeated the later-indicted (21 felony counts) [[Democrat]] [[Andrew Gillum]] in the [[2018 midterms]].<ref>''[http://archive.is/QfvFt If Democrats want to win, they need a black politician on the ticket]'', Theodore R. Johnson, ''The Washington Post'', March 13, 2020.</ref>  In 2022, the [[conservative]] [[Ashley Moody]] won reelection as Attorney General by nearly 61% of the vote, which helped carry DeSantis to victory with a smaller number of those same votes. DeSantis previously served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from January 2013 to September 2018.

Apparently beholden to the [[Koch network]]'s [[dark money]], DeSantis endorsed their half-baked scheme to rewrite the [[U.S. Constitution]] misnamed the "[[Convention of States]]."<ref>https://conventionofstates.com/endorsements</ref>  His office may have played a role in securing a $10 million "jackpot" job for fellow [[Koch network]] functionary [[Ben Sasse]], who then quit his job as [[U.S. Senate|U.S. Senator]] before even the middle of his term to become president of the [[University of Florida]].  

Apparently beholden to the [[Koch network]]'s [[dark money]], DeSantis endorsed their half-baked scheme to rewrite the [[U.S. Constitution]] misnamed the "[[Convention of States]]."<ref>https://conventionofstates.com/endorsements</ref>  His office may have played a role in securing a $10 million "jackpot" job for fellow [[Koch network]] functionary [[Ben Sasse]], who then quit his job as [[U.S. Senate|U.S. Senator]] before even the middle of his term to become president of the [[University of Florida]].