After Tuesday’s primaries, Governor Ron DeSantis said he did not expect a Democratic candidate in Florida and criticized the nomination of Angie Nixon, a self‑identified socialist, for the Senate, questioning the appeal of her candidacy in Hialeah. Nixon had been arrested for a sit‑in protest in DeSantis’s office earlier this year and had disrupted a House redistricting vote with a bullhorn, events that have been reported. DeSantis said he would focus on state policy until the end of his term and declined to commit to campaigning for Republican gubernatorial nominee Byron Donalds, who faces Democrat David Jolly, a former Republican and 2016 Senate challenger to Marco Rubio. When asked whether Donalds should retain Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, DeSantis said each governor must decide and that Donalds could raise the issue with Ladapo directly, noting he had not asked Ladapo about his plans. The Donalds campaign has not responded to inquiries about whether it would keep Ladapo if Donalds wins in November.