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Politics
Emily L. Mahoney

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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ massive political clout has been on full display.

Armed with the leverage of a skyrocketing national profile, he convinced Florida lawmakers to pass a congressional map drawn by his office — containing changes they previously opposed — and back an effort to kill The Walt Disney Co.’s special district, after the governor publicly lambasted the company.

That national profile comes with a dollar figure of more than $105 million.

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