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Ron DeSantis: “I had three vacancies my first day in office.”

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Florida Gov. DeSantis Delivers Remarks At The American Property Casualty Insurance Association Event

Published October 6, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:51

And fortunately for me, three of the four on the wrong side had reached their age limit and they were off the court the minute I put my hand on the Bible and swore that oath to be governor. So I had three vacancies my first day in office. And we, you know, we filled them over the course of the next week or two early in the term. (01:51–01:56)

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Asserts that Ron DeSantis had three judicial vacancies to fill on his first day as governor.

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“Pine Island bridge, same thing. They thought it was going to take six months. We did that in three days.”
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“When I became governor in 2019, Florida was known as one of the country's worst judicial hellholes.”
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“Florida's judicial system, in terms of what you get when you go in, is dramatically improved from where it was at the end of 2018.”
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“One of the governors at the time who actually has run for governor since then, a bunch of times, you know, he tried to do like price…”
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“Florida's market had the lowest increases of all 50 states [in 2024].”
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