Steve Bousquet
Steve Bousquet has covered state government and politics for three decades at the Sun Sentinel, Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald. He was the Times' Tallahassee bureau chief from 2005 to 2018 and has also covered city and county politics in Broward County. He has a master's degree in U.S. history from Florida State.
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It's election day across the state of Georgia as voters decide the future political direction of the country with two U.S. Senate seats at stake.
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Thousands of people welcomed Trump to Valdosta with wild enthusiasm Saturday night, chanting “we love you” and “four more years.” They heard a familiar and fanciful tale: The election was stolen. Trump now wants people to vote again in a state where he claims -- without proof -- that elections are rigged.
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President Donald J. Trump returns to South Georgia this weekend as a lame-duck leader who will leave office next month. But the president can still mobilize a lot of Republicans, whose votes are needed in two upcoming runoff elections for the U.S. Senate.
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Some of the most competitive races on the Florida ballot next week are for seats in the state Senate. Republicans hold a 23 to 17 advantage over Democrats and both parties like their chances.
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President Trump's Friday return to America’s largest retirement community, The Villages, signals one of the most important keys to his hopes for another Florida victory. But there are growing signs of an anti-Trump resistance, as many seniors on both sides are very fired up about this election.
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In a month or so, all 160 members of the Legislature are scheduled to return to Tallahassee, despite predictions that the COVID-19 pandemic could be worse than it is now. Some lawmakers say they're confident everything will be fine while others—especially those who've had the coronavirus—want to make sure safety is the top priority.
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It’s three weeks until Election Day, and the Leon County Supervisor of Elections office is a very busy place these days. Hundreds of voters stop by every day to deposit their vote-by-mail ballots in a special drop box that is under constant supervision. It’s a marker of one of the most important changers that’s taking place this election cycle.
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President Trump on Saturday will announce his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week. Federal appeals court judge Barbara Lagoa of Hialeah remains in the running. Steve Bousquet reports on Lagoa’s rapid rise to prominence in Florida and beyond.
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Governor Ron DeSantis faces a major legal problem of his own making, as the Florida Supreme Court is allowing a Democratic lawmaker to challenge the governor's selection of a new justice to the court, claiming she is not legally qualified.
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More than 4 million adults will receive postcards directing them to the state’s online voter registration portal. Secretary of State Laurel Lee is overseeing the effort, which relies on data from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.