Ron DeSantis — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as the 46th Governor of Florida since 2019
Served as U.S. Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2018
Joined the U.S. Navy in 2004, serving as a legal advisor to SEAL Team One and deployed to Iraq in 2007
Graduated from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor and Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts
Member of the Republican Party and a founding member of the Freedom Caucus

Biography

Ronald Dion DeSantis is an American politician, attorney, and former naval officer who has served as the 46th governor of Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, withdrawing his candidacy in January 2024. Prior to his governorship, DeSantis represented Florida's 6th congressional district in the U.

S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2018.