[256][257], DeSantis opposes gun control. It bans transgender girls and women from participating and competing in middle-school and high-school girls' and college women's sports competitions in Florida. Florida is the largest U.S. state to mandate a financial literacy course. He was promoted from lieutenant, junior grade to lieutenant in 2006. Who won? On September 7, DeSantis said he thought such speculation was "purely manufactured". [230], He voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. When a couple hundred major donors to Gov. "[183] DeSantis responded, "We will not allow Joe Biden and his bureaucratic flunkies to come in and commandeer the rights and freedoms of Floridians. [137] By July, as Florida became a global epicenter of the virus, Trump called off the event. Here's How They Work in Other States", "GOP insiders think DeSantis could beat Trump in 2024. ", "RollCall.com Member Profile Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla", "Congressman Ron DeSantis moves to Flagler County", "Ronald Dion DeSantis Florida Resident Database", "Ron and I are beyond blessed to welcome our new baby girl, Mamie to the world. ", and preventing instruction that teaches that groups of people are oppressed or privileged based on their race, gender or national origin. DeSantis was born on September 14, 1978, in Jacksonville, the son of Karen (ne Rogers) and Ronald Daniel DeSantis. Ron also had a younger sister born in Ron DeSantiss inauguration arrived at a candlelight dinner to the sounds of a solo saxophonist the night before his swearing-in last week they found a pair of surprises waiting for them. [247] DeSantis signed a bill (SB 1048) ending the FSA testing on March 15, 2022. At one point, Crist asked DeSantis whether he would serve a full four-year term, in relation to talk about a potential DeSantis campaign for the presidency in the 2024 United States presidential election. [91] He competed with similar entreaties from Tennessee and Georgia. On April 22, 2022, he signed a bill to repeal the Reedy Creek Improvement Act, which allows Disney to self-govern its district, by June 2023. [16][144], DeSantis favored reopening schools for in-person learning for the 202021 school year. [12] His sister Christina Marie DeSantis was born on May 5, 1985, in Orlando and died in 2015. Would his pass the test? He emphasized that the strain on the hospital system had decreased since the previous peak in case numbers, and that Florida was ready to handle any additional influx in hospital patients, adding that the state had "twice as many" open hospital beds than on March 1. [72] During an interview with Bret Baier on Fox News, Crist said that DeSantis was "one of the biggest threats to democracy". This provider currently accepts 15 insurance plans. DeSantis frequently criticized Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. He attended Yale University, where he [75], In the November 8 election, DeSantis won with 59.4% of the vote to Crist's 40%. ", "Ron DeSantis gets solid hits on national issues in Fox News debate", "Putnam, DeSantis Find Common Ground Opposing Recreational Pot", "Florida governor election results: Andrew Gillum versus Ron DeSantis", "Gillum reverses course on conceding Florida governor race", "With Florida recount over, Andrew Gillum's last chance to become governor rests with the courts", "Florida Senate race heads to a hand recount", "Andrew Gillum concedes Florida governor's race to Ron DeSantis", "Florida Gov. The allegations asserted Bloomberg had broken the law by offering incentives to vote. [15][16] He was an outfielder on the Yale baseball team; as a senior in 2001, he had the team's best batting average at .336. [11] His family moved to Orlando, Florida, before relocating to Dunedin, Florida, when he was six years old. Here's how", "Trump Is Losing Ground to DeSantis in Poll After Poll", "Poll shows Ron DeSantis above 50% versus Donald Trump in Florida", "Trump left 'fuming' after at least 14 of his candidates projected to lose in midterms: Sources", "The Story Behind DeSantis's Migrant Flights to Martha's Vineyard", "Florida flies migrants to 'sanctuary' of Martha's Vineyard", "Venezuelans slam DeSantis after migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard", "Gov. After high school, DeSantis studied history at Yale University. [298] According to a Tampa Bay Times analysis, DeSantis's signature match proposal could have led to rejections of his own mail-in ballots due to changes in his signature history over time; voting rights experts argued that the signature matching proposal could be used to disenfranchise voters whose signatures varied over time. In January 2018, DeSantis announced his candidacy for governor of Florida to succeed term-limited Republican incumbent Rick Scott. This will help ensure that opportunities for things like college scholarships will be protected for female athletes for years to come", "DeSantis signs bill banning transgender athletes from playing on certain teams into law", "Ban on transgender athletes in girls' and women's scholastic sports is now Florida's law", "DeSantis signs controversial bill banning transgender women and girls from sports", "Florida's governor signs controversial law opponents dubbed 'Don't Say Gay', "Florida House passes controversial 'Don't Say Gay' bill", "Florida Gov. Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss, Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ron_DeSantis&oldid=1134284774, United States Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Florida, United States Navy personnel of the Iraq War, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia pages semi-protected against vandalism, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Articles containing overly long summaries, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from November 2022, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 17 January 2023, at 22:35. In a recent interview, Governor Ron DeSantis highlighted the breakdown of the family and said the lack of fathers is the main source of Americas problems. [197][198][199] The legislation was signed a day after Florida Republican lawmakers passed his anti-mandate agenda. 2 2.Ron DeSantis Wikipedia. DeSantis' ban on mask mandates in schools", "Florida Judge Defies DeSantis Appeal, Allowing School Mask Rules", "DeSantis Promotes COVID Antibody Treatment as Site Opens in Pembroke Pines", "Florida Gov. [213], The law was expected to go into effect on July 1,[214] but a state judge blocked its enforcement, ruling that the Florida Constitution guarantees a right to privacy that renders the law unconstitutional. The op-ed also found that young people have been far more likely to die from COVID-19 in Florida than California, probably because children were in physical schools in Florida during the 2020-21 school year. Before the Dobbs decision upheld the Mississippi law that inspired Florida's, the Supreme Court of Florida had cited the privacy argument to invalidate a similar state law. [151][152], In June 2020, DeSantis said the bulk of new cases were present in "younger demographics" and argued that increased testing, particularly of asymptomatic individuals, and more efficient identification of outbreaks in areas such as prisons and in Florida's agriculture sector were responsible for most of the increase. [300] He married Casey Black, a former television host for the Golf Channel and WJXT, in 2009. [264] He co-sponsored the Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2015, also known as Kate's Law, which would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the U.S. after being removed. DeSantis won the six-candidate Republican primary with 39% of the vote, while the runner-up, state representative Fred Costello, received 23%. Web1 1.Ronald Dion DeSantis Florida Department of State. [288] When Twitter suspended DeSantis administration critic Rebekah Jones' account for violating rules against spam and platform manipulation, DeSantis's office applauded the decision, calling it "long overdue". DeSantis Wants a Florida State Guard. ", "Rep. DeSantis: Shooting Suspect Asked If 'Republicans or Democrats' on Field", Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Governors and executives of U.S. states and territories, Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida, Biden administration COVID-19 action plan, House Select Coronavirus Crisis Subcommittee, Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery, COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration, U.S. [299], DeSantis is a Roman Catholic. [119], On December 2, 2021, DeSantis announced that as part of a $100 million funding proposal for the Florida National Guard, $3.5 million would be allocated to the reactivation of the Florida State Guard, a volunteer state defense force that has been inactive since 1947. He voted against helping Sandy victims", "What is the House Freedom Caucus, and who's in it? DeSantis joined the United States Navy in 2004 and was promoted to lieutenant before serving as a legal advisor to SEAL Team One; he was deployed to Iraq in 2007. [183][185], On August 27, 2021, Judge John Cooper ruled that DeSantis could not ban mask mandates in schools. The district had previously been the 7th, represented by 10-term Republican John Mica, but Mica's share of Orlando had been drawn into the new 7th District, and Mica opted to run there even though the new 6th included the bulk of his former territory. [61] He expressed support for a state constitutional amendment to require a supermajority vote for any tax increases. ET Donald Trump isn't afraid of a little competition. [83], DeSantis prefiled the oath of office with the Florida secretary of state and became governor on January 8, 2019. [153], On June 28, 2020, DeSantis said Florida was in "good shape" in its fight against COVID-19. [293], DeSantis expressed support for the Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Initiative after it passed in November 2018, saying that he was "obligated to faithfully implement [it] as it is defined" when he became governor. Salvatore Storti, his maternal great-great-grandfather, arrived in America from Italy in 1904 and finally settled in Pennsylvania. [167][168] The same month, the Biden administration mulled imposing travel restrictions on Florida and other domestic locations to prevent further spread of COVID-19. In the race for governor, incumbent Ron DeSantis (R) scored a 19-point victory, even winning traditionally blue counties such as Miami-Dade and Osceola. Donald Trump hinted he isn't afraid of running against Ron DeSantis in the 2024 bid for the White House. DeSantis signs civics education bills into law", "State university faculty, students to be surveyed on beliefs", "Gov. [249], On March 22, 2022, DeSantis signed into law bill SB 1054, which requires students entering high school starting in the 202324 school year to take a financial literacy course. "[259], After the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, DeSantis expressed his support for hiring retired law enforcement officers and military veterans as armed guards for schools. [24][25][26] As of 2022, he is still serving in the U.S. Navy Reserve.[2]. American politician and attorney, Ronald Dion DeSantis has been serving as the 46th governor of Florida since 2019. [251], DeSantis has called himself a "Teddy Roosevelt conservationist". Petition-gathering for ballot initiatives to legalize medical cannabis, increases to the minimum wage, and expansion of Medicaid were also under way. [59] In the campaign, some sheriffs endorsed DeSantis, while other sheriffs backed Gillum. He described critical race theory as "teaching kids to hate their country", mirroring a similar push by conservatives nationally. "[237][238][239][240] On August 18, 2022, a Florida judge blocked the act, saying that it violates the First Amendment and is too vague. [61] He also supported a law mandating the use of E-Verify by businesses and a state-level ban on sanctuary city protections for undocumented immigrants. Ron DeSantis. WebCongressman DeSantis was also a leading champion for Americas veterans and helped enact reforms to the VA and place an emphasis on mental health. He offered no specific examples of students being indoctrinated by Florida higher education institutions. [67][68] DeSantis was confirmed as the winner and Gillum conceded on November 17. [13] He was a member of the Little League team from Dunedin National that made it to the 1991 Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. [35][36] In its report, the government would have been required to explain why it had decided not to enforce that law. 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My father used to tell me: Never get in a fight with He attended Trump's rallies and high-fived attendees while not wearing a mask, contrary to public health guidance at the time. [32] He was reelected in 2014 and 2016. [45] When Rubio ended his presidential bid and ran for reelection to the Senate, DeSantis withdrew from the Senate race and ran for reelection to the House. Before the 114th United States Congress, DeSantis was named the chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security. Rons mother, Karen, was a Nurse, and his father installed TV rating boxes. [286], In response to social media networks removing Trump from their platforms, DeSantis and other Florida Republicans pushed legislation in the Florida legislature to prohibit technology companies from de-platforming political candidates. 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