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Here's your morning briefing of what you need to know in Florida politics.

Hello and welcome to Tuesday. Check the calendar — It’s the start of hurricane season. It’s also likely the official start of Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried’s campaign for governor (unless this has been one drawn-out head fake.) But let’s start with this — Is Gov. Ron DeSantis about to come up with a carve out for cruise lines to get the industry back up and running in Florida? What’s he has been saying — DeSantis has been adamant for months that A) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rules that shuttered the cruise industry were wrong, and B) Businesses shoul...

Florida’s population continues to boom, but many of the state’s new residents are older and come from parts of the country friendlier toward Republicans. Before last November’s presidential election, Republicans had narrowed the registration gap with Democrats to about 117,000. On Election Day four years earlier, Democrats had a 327,000 voter registration lead. Since then, Republicans have continued to gain — with the Democratic advantage now barely over 100,000. Both sides will try to nationalize the race, partly to draw support from big-money donors from outside the state. For DeSan...

As he heads into his 2022 reelection campaign, Florida's Ron DeSantis has emerged from the political uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic as arguably the country’s most prominent Republican governor.

Both sides will try to nationalize the gubernatorial race, partly to draw support from big-money donors from outside the state.