Florida Democrats

Democrats in Florida’s Legislature have filed more than a dozen gun control bills less than two months after the “Gunshine State” legalized open carry.

The initiative serves as a clarion call to organize communities and protect fundamental rights, specifically in the context of ongoing national legal challenges to voting protections.

The Parkland lawmaker is one of two Florida Democrats the NRCC has listed as "prime pick up opportunities for Republicans" in next year's midterm elections to boost their majority rule in the House.

The Republican Party of Florida has sold more than $125,000 in merchandise branded with "Alligator Alcatraz." The state's Democratic Party said the GOP is profiting from people's suffering.

The eight Democrats said Thursday they introduced the “No Cages in the Everglades Act." The bill faces long odds of passage in the House, where Republicans hold a 220-212 majority.

Florida House Democrats in Tallahassee are demanding answers from the state Department of Children and Families over its role in handing over a foster child from Honduras to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. The boy, Henry, is a suspected undocumented immigrant.

She was disappointed in Sen. Jason Pizzo’s resignation from the party last week, says it’s time to move on.

Ruth’s List Florida, an influential statewide progressive political fundraising group, is hosting a conference April 26 in Miami, bringing together elected officials, community leaders and activists to promote and raise campaign dollars for Democratic pro-choice women in state and local offices.

In his first interview since announcing his move away from the Democratic Party, Florida Senate Leader Jason Pizzo shot back at the party's state leadership and told WLRN his move to Independent would help give a voice to Florida’s Non-Party Affiliated voters.

With House Speaker Daniel Perez pointing to an “age of disruption,” Florida Republican legislative leaders opened the 2025 session on Tuesday by voicing support for digging into government spending.

Thompson, a Democrat representing western Orange County, was first elected to the Florida House in 2006 and served multiple terms in both House and Senate.

State Rep. Hillary Casel on Friday became the second House Democrat to switch her party affiliation since the November elections, further adding to Republicans’ supermajority.