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The case that Florida is ready to turn blue again

David Jolly is the Democrat Party’s likely gubernatorial nominee in Florida. He officially became a Democrat last year. | Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images For decades, Florida was the archetypal presidential swing state — and as recently as 2016 and 2018, Democrats came close to winning statewide elections there. Then things took a turn. After Ron DeSantis was elected governor in 2018, the Sunshine State moved solidly right of the country in 2020, and 2022 and 2024 brought double-digit drubbings for Democratic candidates — convincing many that Florida was just purely a red s...