2026 Elections

Florida’s major-party governor candidates have made their lieutenant governor picks: Bryan Avila for Republican Byron Donalds and Gwen Graham for Democrat David Jolly.Who are they, and what does the lieutenant governor actually do?

Bryan Avila, 42, was elected to the House in 2014 and served eight years there before moving to the Senate in 2022.

There was a lot of back-and-forth between the candidates during the discussion at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club.

Florida TaxWatch launched its Property Tax Research Center to help clear up any confusion on the Amendment 3 property tax proposal that voters will decide on Nov. 3.

The next Sarasota County School board will see a liberal-leaning majority take control after voters rejected the conservative policies and culture wars that for years dominated the board.

This week on "The Florida Roundup," we broke down the results from Florida’s primary elections. Plus, NASA scientist Jeremy Perkins spoke with us about a new space telescope that’s set to launch from Kennedy Space Center at the end of the month.

The Florida GOP has a new rallying cry heading into November after Angie Nixon’s upset win in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary. They're seizing on her Democratic Socialists of America membership — and using her to target other Democrats on the ballot.

Sen. Bernie Sanders said Angie Nixon's "decades of experience as an organizer enabled her to build a powerful grassroots campaign — a rainbow coalition of labor and community groups."

The political scientist says Nixon has to continue to take her case to the voters in person, while combating the "Democratic socialist" label Republicans are already lobbing at her.

Despite a warning from federal election authorities that he was skirting campaign finance laws, Donalds has continued to raise and spend money for more than 18 months in a campaign for reelection to his U.S. House seat.

Nixon, backed by progressive figures, has championed policies like universal healthcare. Her victory is seen as a sign of growing momentum for progressives in the region.

Political experts said they're seeing a shift away from culture war issues and to more of a focus on universal concerns in education.