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The race to fill Alcee Hastings' big shoes | News | miamitimesonline.com


A dozen candidates have joined the race to fill the big shoes left behind by the late U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, in what some have called a political free-for-all. Since congressional seats don’t often become available, both career politicians and newcomers have chosen to seize the once-in-a-generation opportunity to become a member of Congress.
But Gov. Ron DeSantis has decided to turn this already contentious match of political chess into a waiting game. He announced Tuesday that the special primary election to replace Hastings would take place Nov. 2, and the general election would take place Jan. 11 - leaving the residents of Florida’s 20th congressional district without representation for over nine months, and candidates frustrated.  ....

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DeSantis sets election for Hastings' seat in 2022, leaving it open for 9 months


DeSantis sets election for Hastings’ seat in 2022, leaving it open for 9 months
Hastings’ seat will be vacant for more than nine months. The void is about four months longer than the last U.S. House seat that became vacant in Florida following the death of a sitting member of Congress.
 
By Alex Daugherty
Updated May 5
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week announced that the special election to replace Rep. Alcee Hastings, who died last month, will take place in January 2022.
Democrats urged DeSantis to fill the seat quickly — arguing that leaving a majority Black and heavily Democratic seat in Broward and Palm Beach counties unoccupied for months deprives ....

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