Ronald Dion DeSantis is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 46th governor of Florida. A member of the
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Ronald Dion DeSantis was born on September 14, 1978, in Jacksonville, Florida, to parents Karen DeSantis (née Rogers) and Ronald Daniel DeSantis. His middle name, Dion, honors the singer Dion DiMucci, and his fa… See more

In 2004, during his second year at Harvard Law, DeSantis was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy and assigned to the Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG). He completed Naval Justice School in 2005. Late… See more

DeSantis defeated six candidates in the 2012 Republican primary for Florida's 6th congressional district and then defeated Democratic nominee Heather Beaven in the general election. He was reelected in 2014 and … See more

On January 5, 2018, DeSantis filed to run for the office of governor to replace term-limited Republican incumbent Rick Scott. President Trump had said the previous month that he would support DeSantis should he r… See more

DeSantis became governor of Florida on January 8, 2019. He has generally governed as a conservative. On January 11, three days after taking office, he posthumously pardoned the Groveland Four, a group o… See more