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Ron DeSantis
Official portrait, c. 2023

46th Governor of Florida
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2019
Lieutenant	Jeanette Nu\u00f1ez
Preceded by	Rick Scott
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 6th district
In office January 3, 2013 \u2013 September 10, 2018
Preceded by	Cliff Stearns (redistricting)
Succeeded by	Michael Waltz
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Personal details
Born	Ronald Dion DeSantis (1978-09-14) September 14, 1978 (age 46) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	\n Casey Black (m. 2009)
Children	3
Residence	Governor's Mansion
Education	\n Yale University (BA) \n Harvard University (JD) \n
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer
Signature	$\"\"$
Website	Official website
Military service
Branch/service	United States Navy
Years of service	2004\u20132010 (active) 2010\u20132019 (reserve)^[1]
Rank	Lieutenant Commander
Unit	Judge Advocate General's Corps United States Navy Reserve
Battles/wars	Iraq War
Awards	Bronze Star Medal Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Iraq Campaign Medal
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US House of Representatives

Tenure
Elections\n
- 2012
- 2014
- 2016

Governor of Florida

Tenure
Elections\n
- 2018
- 2022
Coronavirus response
Parental Rights in Education Act\n
- Feud with Disney
- Disney v. DeSantis
Stop WOKE Act
Martha's Vineyard migrant airlift
Florida Senate Bill 266

2024 presidential campaign

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Ronald Dion DeSantis (/d\u026a\u02c8s\u00e6nt\u026as, di\u02d0-/; born September 14, 1978) is an American politician and former naval officer serving as the 46th governor of Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2013 to 2018 as the U.S. representative from Florida's 6th congressional district. DeSantis was a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, withdrawing his candidacy in January 2024.\n

After graduating from Yale University and Harvard Law School, DeSantis joined the U.S. Navy in 2004 and was promoted to lieutenant before serving as a legal advisor to SEAL Team One. He was stationed at Joint Task Force Guantanamo in 2006 and was deployed to Iraq in 2007. When DeSantis returned to the U.S. about eight months later, the U.S. attorney general appointed DeSantis to serve as a special assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Middle District of Florida, a position he held until his honorable discharge from active military duty in 2010.\n

DeSantis was first elected to Congress in 2012 and was reelected in 2014 and 2016. During his tenure, he became a founding member of the Freedom Caucus and was an ally of President Donald Trump. He briefly ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 but withdrew when incumbent senator Marco Rubio sought reelection. DeSantis won the Republican nomination for the 2018 gubernatorial election and narrowly defeated the Democratic Party nominee, Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum, in the general election by 0.4%.\n

DeSantis was governor during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as during Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole. He encouraged the passage of the Parental Rights in Education Act and the Heartbeat Protection Act. In the 2022 gubernatorial election, he defeated former governor Charlie Crist by 19.4 percentage points, the state's largest margin of victory for a governor's election in 40 years.\n

On May 24, 2023, DeSantis announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president of the United States, and he continued to serve as governor during the campaign. On January 21, 2024, DeSantis withdrew his presidential candidacy and endorsed Trump.^[2]\n

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U.S. House of Representatives\n
Preceded by Cliff Stearns \n	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 6th congressional district 2013\u20132018\n	Succeeded by Michael Waltz \n
Party political offices\n
Preceded by Rick Scott \n	Republican nominee for Governor of Florida 2018, 2022\n	Most recent\n
Political offices\n
Preceded by Rick Scott \n	Governor of Florida 2019\u2013present\n	Incumbent\n
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)\n
Preceded by JD Vance as Vice President \n	Order of precedence of the United States Within Florida\n	Succeeded by Mayor of city in which event is held \n
Succeeded by Otherwise Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House \n
Preceded by Gretchen Whitmer as Governor of Michigan \n	Order of precedence of the United States Outside Florida\n	Succeeded by Greg Abbott as Governor of Texas \n

Early life and education

Military service

Post-naval career

U.S. House of Representatives (2013\u20132018)

Elections

Tenure

Fiscal policy

Committees

Gubernatorial campaigns

2018 candidacy

2022 candidacy

Governor of Florida (2019\u2013present)

Economic

Education

Election law and voting rights

Abortion limits

Tech platforms

COVID-19 response

LGBT rights

Dispute with Disney

Policing and law enforcement

Immigration and refugees

Hurricane Ian response

Environment

2024 presidential campaign

Personal life

Electoral history

Publications

Notes

References

External links

Ron DeSantis

Talks

8 January, 2019