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U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Florida lawmaker receives threats after asking for Epstein probe

By Associated Press

Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis Tuesday won the Republican governor's primary in Florida, advancing to the general election in November. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Florida governor signs bill banning sanctuary policies

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Friday that prohibits local governments from enacting "sanctuary" polices that protect undocumented immigrants from deportation.

By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press

Florida governor says Russians accessed 2 voting databases in 2016 election

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said the hackers didn't manipulate any data and the election results weren't compromised.

By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press

Florida secretary of state resigns after photos of him in blackface emerge

Florida's top elections official abruptly resigned Thursday after a newspaper obtained pictures of him in blackface dressed as a Hurricane Katrina victim at a 2005 party.

By Associated Press

Florida pardons 4 black men accused of 1949 rape

After a dramatic, hourlong meeting that recalled events from nearly seven decades ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state's three-member Cabinet granted posthumous pardons Friday to four African-American men accused of raping a white woman in a 1949 case…

By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press

All eyes on Florida as GOP clinches election marathon

By PBS NewsHour

Ballot recounts of the Senate and Governor races in Florida ended this weekend with Republicans winning both seats, though questions remain about counting procedures and why the state was once again among the last to declare results. POLITICO’s Marc Caputo…

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As Florida recount wraps up, Democrat Gillum concedes

By Gary Fineout, Associated Press

Democrat Andrew Gillum ended his hard-fought campaign for Florida governor on Saturday, just hours before counties must turn in their official results following days of recounting ballots.

Inside Florida’s ‘infuriating and disheartening’ recount

By Daniel Bush

The process has not been flawless. But 66 of Florida’s 67 counties met a Thursday afternoon deadline to complete a machine recount of the results in the U.S. Senate, governor and agriculture commissioner’s races, all of which were too close…

Florida is again at the center of an election controversy

By Terry Spencer, Associated Press

The deeply purple state will learn Saturday whether there will be recounts in a bitter and tight U.S. Senate race and the governor's race.

Florida voters to choose Trump ally or first African-American governor

By Jonathan Lemire, Catherine Lucey, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis is hoping to ride President Donald Trump's backing to victory in the governor's race Tuesday, while Democratic Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum has sought to energize his party's voters as an unabashed liberal.