Ron DeSantis

Ron DeSantis is an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Florida beginning in 2019.

A Republican known for combative conservatism on issues like immigration, education, and COVID-19 restrictions, he mounted an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2024.

His name often appears in discussions of culture-war politics: DeSantis signed the bill critics called "Don't Say Gay".

Florida

Tallahassee

Florida's governmental center

Sunshine State · Gulf Coast · Disney World · Key West · Panhandle · Jacksonville · Tampa · Mar-a-Lago · Palm Beach · snowbird

governor

gubernatorial

Of a governor

veto · budget · cabinet · administration · mandate · agenda · term · reelection · state legislature · emergency powers

Republican

GOP

Republican Party acronym

campaign · endorsement · donor · fundraising · rally · base · MAGA · Trump · 2024 · polling

conservative

right-wing

Politically conservative faction

CRT · culture war · immigration · border · school choice · voucher · critical race theory · transgender · free state

Categories
Opposites
relationship to institutions

Ron DeSantisuniversity president

Head of a college

mainstream media

Republican Party positioning

Ron DeSantisMitt Romney

Liz Cheney · John McCain · George W. Bush · moderate Republican · Chris Christie

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
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