Gov. DeSantis says it's too soon to set Special Election for Geraldine Thompson's (D) seat

[RandySF]

Gov. Ron DeSantis is waiting to set a Special Election date to fill Sen. Geraldine Thompson’s seat, but says it will happen as soon as possible.

“We usually wait until the elected official is put to rest and everything before we really charge into that,” DeSantis told journalists when asked about the situation during a press conference. “But we will set it. We’ll try to do that as convenient as possible for the local officials.”

Thompson, an Orlando Democrat who served in the Legislature for nearly two decades, died Thursday at age 76 from complications from knee replacement surgery.

“We stand ready to conduct a Special Election once it is called by Governor DeSantis and will work in close collaboration with our state partners,” Orange County Supervisor of Elections Karen Castor Dentel said Friday.

Castor Dentel will already be running scheduled elections in March and November for several municipalities in Orange County.





https://floridapolitics.com/archives/721270-gov-desantis-says-its-too-soon-to-set-special-election-for-geraldine-thompsons-seat/

[Wiz Imp]

1. But he set the special election for the 2 Congressional seats before they were even vacated.

Of course, they are Republican districts....