Politics

On Speaking Of, Matlow responds to critics and says his administration will change the 'climate in City Hall that's pretty much toxic.'

For the 2026 midterm election, in which Democrats scored historic wins in closely watched races pretty much everywhere else, some polls accurately predicted the results of the Florida statewide races, while others got them completely wrong.

Gov. Ron DeSantis attributed Florida's turnout in part to Amendment 3, the property tax proposal he pushed legislators to put on the ballot.

Jeremy Matlow says he isn't intimidated by the potential impacts Amendment 3 presents after it was approved by Florida voters. 

Rogers beat out Democrat Amanda Marie Green in the general election. He says he wants to work with both sides of the aisle

Political watchers pointed to spending discrepancies, and different population trends, as to big reasons Texas and Georgia turned blue while Florida stayed red.

City Hall will be under new leadership as of mid November when newly elected officials are sworn in. We talk about local election results on Speaking Of.

Democratic Florida House Representative Allison Tant was reelected on District 9.

Democrats were able to hold on to four heavily reworked U.S. House districts in the midterm elections, as Republicans eked out victories in GOP seats thought to be safe.

Leon County Commissioner David O'Keefe has defeated challenger David Hawkins to win another term representing District Five. O'Keefe received 69 percent of the vote, winning by about 10 thousand votes.