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"We have had too many problems for too many cycles," said Galvano, who represents the Bradenton area.

DeSantis should begin his term with at least one major political victory.

He will be able to appoint three judges to the Supreme Court of the State, a coup for the conservatives. The three time-limited judges who have to leave the court are relatively liberal; the court decided before the election that Mr. Scott would not be able to replace them and that the task of appointing new judges would be up to the next governor. DeSantis campaigned on the appointments, promising to give the conservative court a conservative attitude.

The appointments, which according to his aides will probably take place on the same day as Mr. DeSantis, will give the Conservatives a 6-to-1 advantage over the state's highest court, which would probably eliminate a final hurdle to the republic. under the control of the Florida legislature and give the party a potentially insurmountable advantage over the likely battles of income recovery from the 2020 census – though the Florida constitution requires the establishment of "fair" districts, not supporters.

"People have no idea how big it is," said Gruters. "He's going to appoint people in their forties and they're going to be on the bench for 20 years."

In Washington, Mr. DeSantis was known as a loner who did not make many close friends at Capitol Hill. He has little first-hand knowledge of Tallahassee, having never served in the state government nor spent much time wooing the Republican establishment in the Capitol, which has largely favored his principal rival, the Commissioner for Agriculture Adam Putnam.

Nevertheless, he could count on his beloved Lieutenant-Governor-elect, the state's representative, Jeanette Nuñez, of Miami, to navigate in this state. Of course, the Tallahassee insiders thought that Mr. Scott would also do it in his second term, along with Lieutenant-Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera, a former state official.

Instead, Mr. Scott, the seat of the Senate was probably already in his sights, especially dismissing Mr. Lopez-Cantera and keeping the power and the spotlight for himself.