Current Position: Governor since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: US Representative from 2013 – 2018
DeSantis is a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. DeSantis won the Republican nomination for the 2018 gubernatorial election and narrowly defeated the Democratic Party nominee, Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum, in the general election by 0.4%.
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Forcing kids to wear masks is bad policy. Parents are best equipped to decide whether they want their kids to wear a mask in school. Neither bureaucrats in Washington nor local authorities should be able to override the decision of the parents.
DeSantis Rails Against Fauci, CDC: ‘No To School Closures, No To Restrictions, And No Mandates’
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