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Florida may be reworking laws to allow DeSantis to run for president while maintaining position as governor

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Florida may be reworking laws to allow DeSantis to run for president while maintaining position as governor
Gov. Ron DeSantis seems to have his next run for office in mind, as Republican Senate leadership filed a bill Thursday to "revise laws relating to elections."GOP leadership will likely be attempting to rewrite the law as they did for former governors Scott and Crist to allow them to run for federal office while maintaining the flexibility to be governor. Currently, F.S. Chapter 99 reads: (4)(a) Any officer who qualifies for federal public office must resign from the office he or she presently holds if the terms, or any part thereof, run concurrently with each other. (b) The resignation is irrevocable. Since the next presidential term would begin in January 2025, in the middle of DeSantis's second term as governor, lawmakers will certainly make adjustments to allow him to stay governor as long as needed.They will likely change it back after the next White House race is settled, just in case a Democrat wins the next governor's race. The first committee hearing on this election law change comes on April 4.

Gov. Ron DeSantis seems to have his next run for office in mind, as Republican Senate leadership filed a bill Thursday to "revise laws relating to elections."

GOP leadership will likely be attempting to rewrite the law as they did for former governors Scott and Crist to allow them to run for federal office while maintaining the flexibility to be governor.

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Currently, F.S. Chapter 99 reads: (4)(a) Any officer who qualifies for federal public office must resign from the office he or she presently holds if the terms, or any part thereof, run concurrently with each other. (b) The resignation is irrevocable.

Since the next presidential term would begin in January 2025, in the middle of DeSantis's second term as governor, lawmakers will certainly make adjustments to allow him to stay governor as long as needed.

They will likely change it back after the next White House race is settled, just in case a Democrat wins the next governor's race.

The first committee hearing on this election law change comes on April 4.