The hurricane split pine trees like toothpicks.
It chewed up chain link fences and laid highway billboards flat on their faces.
DeSantis has separately worked to discourage financial firms from factoring environmental risks into their investment decisions.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a press conference to speak in opposition to a ballot measure to restore abortion rights in Florida.Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images
But this November, theres a real possibility that Florida puts that winning streak to an end.
Passing Amendment 4 is a tall order.
That race looks even tougher to win, even though it shouldnt be.
Can that defeat something like Amendment 4 that is overwhelmingly supported by the people?
Its not a question if people want this amendment.
People want this amendment, Bos-Lun says.
Instead, campaigns are, increasingly, folding relief efforts into their broader strategy.
Mucarsel-Powell was born in Ecuador, and moved to the United States as a child.
Among independents his rating is even worse 58 percent disapproval to just 28 percent approval.
Even Republicans are lukewarm: 59 percent of them approve of Scotts record, while a quarter disapprove.
Scott appears confident in his position this year.
This year hes spent just $24.5 million.
As unpopular as he is in Florida, Scott keeps getting reelected.
The problem is that the Democratic Party has all but imploded in the once-competitive state.
Once upon a time, Florida was a state split almost evenly between Republicans and Democrats.
Thats the year DeSantis defeated Andrew Gillum by half a percentage point, or less than 33,000 votes.
Turnout in Broward County and Miami-Dade was shitty in 2018.
Since then, however, the longtime swing state has shifted dramatically to the right.
After winning by a narrow margin, DeSantis transformed the state into a grievance-fueled laboratory for Republicans regressive agenda.
She and her husband couldnt afford to leave the state, and they feared legal repercussions if they did.
He lived for 94 minutes.
The family including their four-year-old son, Kaiden is still processing the trauma.
That was before DeSantis replaced Floridas 15-week ban with an even more regressive 6-week ban.
She was able to get an abortion in Florida, before DeSantis first abortion ban went into effect.
A man is nothing without his conscience, Wilson wrote in his resignation letter.
Floridians Protecting Freedom the group behind Amendment 4 sued the state, saying the threats amounted to viewpoint discrimination.
DeSantis official Faith and Community Initiative haspromotedcampaign stops by a No on 4 bus tour.
This is unprecedented, says Anna Eskamani, a state representative who has advocated against DeSantis abortion bans.
To threaten that theyre going to potentially venture to invalidate election results?
It is really unsettling, regardless of your position on Amendment 4, and everyone should express concern.
It erodes our democracy.
It erodes trust in the public institutions.
DeSantis, she says, sees Amendment 4s popularity as a direct threat to his political future.
He holds this personal viewpoint 100 percent.
That just takes time.
