Kimberly Leonard

Term Limited Ron DeSantis endorsed U.S. Representative Byron Donalds to keep Florida under GOP control, while David Jolly hopes to become the first Democrat in more than 30 years to be elected governor in Florida.

For more on Florida's political landscape and climate, we turn to Kimberly Leonard, Florida politics reporter for Politico.

She joined us in studio yesterday to talk about President Trump's influence on state elections and whether he's helping or hurting his party.

So can we start kind of big picture here? How much influence is President Trump having on the political landscape in Florida? And is he helping or hurting?

And I'm not making any predictions about the outcome.

I just think that if that happens, that'll be the one that people sort of are falling over about and will make her a big national story.

Kimberly Leonard is a politics reporter with Politico covering the state of Florida.

Thank you so much for spending some time with us in studio.

And we're looking at the impacts that that could have on the Republican ticket as they go down the ballot.

We will talk with Kimberly Leonard from Politico.

She is a senior politics reporter and the author of Florida Playbook.

And let's go ahead and air the interview now with Kimberly Leonard about Ashley Moody while we try and reconnect with Angie Nixon.

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State Attorney General's campaign for U.S. Senate has been characterized by caution.

That being said, Republicans in this state view her as an incredibly competent and effective legislator.

I have Florida politics reporter for Politico.

Kimberly Leonard is here.

You can read her work at Politico dot com.

You can also follow her on X for more at Leonard K.L.

I go to hospitals, they're short staff.

It's a whole different vibe from even just, you know, the Tampa Bay area, let alone when you get in some of the rural parts of northern Florida.

Joining me in studio, I have Kimberly Leonard, Florida politics reporter for Politico.

You can find all of her work at politico.com. That's also where you can sign up for the Florida Playbook.

And I, in particular, have been sort of obsessed with Florida and actually why national Democrats aren't paying a little more attention down there.

Uh, my guest today is Kimberly Leonard, author of Florida Playbook by Politico.

Kimberly, welcome to the Focus Group podcast.

Hi.

Okay.

Uh, let me tell you what.

Kimberly Leonard, you were excellent.

Thank you so much for coming on, uh, and talking to us about Florida.

And I'm Adam Wren, and it's Friday, October the 9th.

And here to help us out with the story driving the day, we have Kimberly Leonard joining us again, Florida Playbook author.

Hello, Kimberly.

Hi from Miami.

It's just hard.

And Kimberly Leonard, uh, formerly from Politico, now a independent reporter, uh, Republican whisperer, basically says, I mean, she's a g- she's a good reporter with good sources, but leans Republican and says, "Look, the money here is just overwhelmingly Republican."

Mm-hmm.

And, uh, if you think money matters, it doesn't in Texas, but it does in Florida.

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Let's bring in Florida politics reporter for Politico and author of The Florida Playbook, Kimberly Leonard, is back with us.

You can find all of her work and a whole lot more at politico.com, and you can follow her on X, @leonardkl.

Kimberly, it's really great to talk to you this morning, and I wanna start with your reporting on what the Donald's campaign is gonna be focusing on, one of the, the big things over the course of the next couple of weeks leading up to Election Day.

Yeah.

Now he's president, and people are still angry, so that all has to be kind of factored in.

We're joined by Florida politics reporter for Politico, Kimberly Leonard.

You were at that rally in Lakeland that featured Vice President JD Vance recently.