By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-08 04:39:57 | Updated at 2025-01-08 22:13:19
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Matt Gaetz says he is 'starting to think' about a bid for Florida governor in 2026
Just the News ^ | January 7,2026 | Misty Severi
Posted on 01/07/2025 8:20:44 PM PST by chickenlips
Former Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz on Tuesday said that he is "starting to think" about running for Florida governor next year, but will be spending more time praying about it and talking to his wife Ginger before making any official decision.
The conservative firebrand, who left Congress late last year to become President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general before he withdrew from consideration, is considered a polarizing figure in Republican politics. But the former lawmaker is particularly popular among Trump's supporters.
Gaetz, who recently started his own show on the right-leaning One America News Network (OANN), told the Tampa Bay Times that he is “starting to think about running for governor” and has a vision for the state's future.
“I have a compelling vision for the state,” Gaetz said. “I understand how to fix the insurance problem, and it’s not to hand the keys to the state over to the insurance industry. If I run, I would be the most pro-consumer candidate on the Republican side.”
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: florida; gaetz; governor; jethro
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Don't rush to a decison, Matt. Give yourself a decade or two to think it through.
1 posted on 01/07/2025 8:20:44 PM PST by chickenlips
To: chickenlips
So you’re a Never Gaetzer too?
2 posted on 01/07/2025 8:28:07 PM PST by TigersEye (13 days 'til "Dr." Jill ditches Joe and catches a plane to Thailand. Jirayu the pool boy awaits her.)
To: chickenlips
May GOD’S Will be done in Matt Gaetz’s life.
3 posted on 01/07/2025 8:29:36 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the national whose GOD is the LORD. Psalm 33:12)
To: TigersEye; chickenlips
I am. Odd and creepy. Until he figures out what he’s goi g to do, why didn’t he assume the seat he was elected to to help with the narrow majority?
Lieutenant Governor or Nunez has done a great job; she’s earned the successor gig
4 posted on 01/07/2025 8:30:28 PM PST by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
To: chickenlips
He needs to get his wild oats done and without an arrest before coming back to politics. I really do not want a republican ted Kennedy or Anthony weiner. Pierre Delecto was bad enough.
5 posted on 01/07/2025 8:38:49 PM PST by Liaison (TANSTAAFL)
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