2022 Elections

Former Miami mayor Manny Diaz took over as Democratic chairman in 2020. The party suffered sweeping losses in the 2022 midterm elections.

Judge Jared Smith denied a request from a teen who asked for access to an abortion without parental permission. Her GPA was a reason why he said she was not mature enough to make a decision.

After Republicans won big in Florida, Democrats and the groups that organize for them are reckoning with what went so red in the country's largest swing state.

An Associated Press investigation found there was no widespread fraud in Georgia or the five other battleground states where Trump disputed his 2020 loss, and so far there is no indication of that in this year's elections.

Rep. Driskell explained the party's poor showing as, "We are the party of the people and we have to be better, I think, about messaging around that ... I think our message just got drowned out this cycle."

Florida Sen. Rick Scott launched an uphill bid to be minority leader. Sen. Mitch McConnell was handily reelected but many rank-and-file senators are frustrated at party leaders following the 2022 elections.

In a letter to Senate Republicans, Florida Sen. Rick Scott said: “If you simply want to stick with the status quo, don’t vote for me."

Zac Anderson and Lawrence Mower also talk with host Matthew Peddie about how Florida Democrats failed to a successful challenge to Republicans.

Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn’t announced plans for a presidential run, but several signs point in that direction.

On this week's "The Florida Roundup," we talk about the fallout from this week's midterms elections, where Republicans fared worse than expected nationally, but better than expected in the Sunshine State.

The redistricting plan, which Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Florida Legislature during a special session last April, was used in the elections amid constitutional challenges in federal and state courts.

Florida's Republican-Latino bond helped turn Miami-Dade County red this week. But a poll shows the national Latino red turn the GOP wanted didn't happen.