TAMPA, Florida — Florida Republicans, who have watched as the Sunshine State turned from the nation’s biggest swing state to one now dominated by the GOP, will take their first steps Tuesday toward ushering in a new era following the exit of one of the party’s biggest stars, Gov. Ron DeSantis.
But the road to the primaries hasn’t been completely smooth for a party that has controlled state government since the late ’90s: DeSantis declined to endorse a successor, including his own hand-picked lieutenant governor. Gubernatorial frontrunner Rep. Byron Donalds refused to debate his GOP rivals. And President Donald Trump has handed out many…
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