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DeSantis Has Wide Discretion to Set Special Election

April 6, 2021 at 3:09 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Florida law requires local party leaders to hold a meeting about filling the vacancy created by Rep. Alcee Hastings’s (D) death within five days, but Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has wide discretion on when a special election can be called,” the Washington Post reports.

“In 2014, when a House Republican from southeast Florida resigned, then-Gov. Rick Scott scheduled a primary for three months later, and a general election, which the GOP nominee won easily, two months after that.”

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) recently pushed the special election to fill former Rep. Marcia Fudge’s (D) seat until November 2.
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