"Ron DeSantis describes how he has scored political victories over progressives and how Florida can serve as a model for American governance"--

John T. TePaske takes a careful and critical look at peculiar aspects of Florida government in their historical setting, in order to determine the factors--events, individuals, institutions--which played a role in shaping the governor's policies.

"Few governors in modern history have altered the balance of power in their states as fundamentally as Jeb Bush did in Florida. Both hailed and reviled as the most consequential governor to be sworn into office in Tallahassee, Bush radically--and perhaps permanently--changed the dynamics of Florida politics. The first two-term Republican governor of a historically Democrat-voting state, Bush broadened the reach and bolstered the influence of the executive...