Ron DeSantis emerged from a machine recount Thursday all but certain to become Florida’s next governor while the U.S. Senate and Agriculture Commissioner races moved onto hand recounts.
DeSantis, a Republican, maintained a nearly 34,000 vote lead over his rival, Democrat Andrew Gillum.
The Florida recount led our Weekly Roundtable discussion with panelists:
- John Burr, WJCT contributor
- A.G. Gancarski, Florida Politics reporter
- Fred Matthews, WJCT contributor
- Mark Woods, Florida Times-Union columnist
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Other discussion topics included JEA interim CEO Aaron Zahn scoring the lowest on several measures among the candidates applying to become JEA’s next CEO. Our Florida Times-Union news partner reported Zahn was the only one of the four candidates to earn a “medium” score on four different categories.
NY Times Bestselling Author In Jacksonville This Weekend
Dr. Mary Neal is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of To Heaven and Back.
Sunday she will be speaking during church services at St. Johns Cathedral in downtown Jacksonville and is also holding a book signing.
Neal is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon who nearly drowned while kayaking on a South American river. She had a remarkable near-death experience and shared it with First Coast Connect.
Bill Bortzfield can be reached at bbortzfield@wjct.org, 904-358-6349 or on Twitter at @BortzInJax.
