POLITICO Get the Florida Playbook Newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Hello and welcome to Thursday. Made-for-TV — Ok, so it wasn’t billed as a reelection kickoff. But Gov. Ron DeSantis’s hour-long townhall, err, informercial from The Villages airing Wednesday night on Newsmax marked one of the first times that he has begun to articulate his pitch for a second term.