Registered Republicans overtake Democrats in Florida for first time, Gov. DeSantis says
A poll worker helps a voter as she drops off her mail-in ballot at a drive-thru ballot drop box in Miami on Nov. 3, 2020. - CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/AFP/TNS

MIAMI — Florida Republicans have officially reached a milestone they’ve been trending toward for nearly a decade — outnumbering registered Florida Democrats for the first time in state history. Gov. Ron DeSantis touted the achievement for Republicans at the National Conference of State Legislatures on Friday morning. “Today for the first time in the history of Florida we’ve now overtaken Democrats,” DeSantis said to applause, then joking that Republicans would have won the New Jersey governor’s race if all the Republicans hadn’t moved to Florida. Voter registration information from Florida’s D...