Governor · Florida

Ron DeSantis

Governor of Florida

Ron DeSantis is the Governor of Florida, in office since January 8, 2019, and the state's 46th governor. A Republican, he represented Florida in the House from January 3, 2013, until his resignation on September 10, 2018.

Background

Biography

Ron DeSantis was born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, on September 14, 1978. The House historian's record says he graduated from Dunedin High School in 1997, earned a B.A. from Yale University in 2001 and a J.D. from Harvard University in 2005. It records his service in the United States Navy from 2004 to 2010 and in the United States Navy Reserve from 2010 to the present.

DeSantis was elected as a Republican to the 113th Congress and the two succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 2013, until his resignation on September 10, 2018. The governor's office says he earned his Navy commission as a JAG officer at Harvard Law School and that he deployed to Iraq in support of the SEAL mission in Fallujah, Ramadi and the rest of Al Anbar province.

He was elected the 46th governor of Florida in 2018. The governor's office lists his service as beginning January 8, 2019, and the National Governors Association records a first term from January 8, 2019, to January 3, 2023, and a second term beginning January 3, 2023.

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Governor · Florida

Ron DeSantis

Governor of Florida

Background

Biography

Voting record

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Governor of Florida is an executive office. The Baseline will not manufacture a congressional voting score for it; sourced checks, statements, and coverage appear below.

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Biography

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Biography

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Published claim checks

Also from Florida