DeSantis takes hands-off position on GOP legislative election loss in Hillsborough
TAMPA — In the aftermath of last Tuesday’s Democratic upset victory in the Florida Senate District 14 special election in Hillsborough County, Gov. Ron DeSantis has drawn some shade for his refusal to help Josie Tomkow, the Republican who lost to Democratic union organizer Brian Nathan.
He won despite her 10-1 advantage in fundraising and a nearly double-digit registered Republican advantage in the district.
When asked by a Phoenix reporter on Tuesday about the perception he should have helped more, the governor interjected quickly, saying, “I was not involved at all in that race.”
He went on to blast Tomkow as a Republican who didn’t share his values or goals for Florida.
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