Politics

With relatively few incumbents getting a pass, and numerous former office holders seeking a return to elected life, the 2026 election was set up Friday with hundreds qualifying for legislative seats, statewide offices including for the governor, and U.S. House seats under a new Republican-leaning map.

Candidate qualifying for Florida's 2026 Election ballot closed today. The field includes 27 challengers who have qualified to run for the open governor's seat being vacated by Gov. Ron DeSantis due to term limits.

The News Service of Florida has 5 questions for Senator Shevrin Jones

Republican candidate Byron Donalds and Democratic candidate Jerry Demings will be making campaign stops in Northwest Florida.

Retired Army Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, who testified during the first impeachment of President Donald Trump, announced Tuesday he is running for the Democratic nomination to try to unseat U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla, in November.

To find common ground, University of Florida students investigate the point where topics get split: People's values — what's most important to them.

Despite recent elections and state GOP confidence, Democrat David Jolly says he can win the governorship in Florida.

WFSU's Tristan Wood sat down with the Florida Phoenix's Liv Caputo to talk to her about the 2026 Florida Republican field and the standoff between those in DeSantis and Trump's camps.

Lawyers for voter advocacy groups and campaigns for Medicaid expansion and recreational marijuana appeared before a federal judge in Tallahassee Tuesday. It is their latest attempt to carve away at a law that they argue unconstitutionally hamstrings citizens' abilities to amend Florida's constitution.

In a poll of registered Republicans, the first lady leads by 3 percentage points. Meantime, about 40% said they've never heard of Donalds, the congressman from Southwest Florida.