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The biggest surprises from Candidate Qualifying Week 2026
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Qualifying week is the forcing function of Florida politics — five days to cut the check or quit pretending. I sent 27(!) text alerts trying to keep pace. Most of the field did the expected thing. Here are the ones who didn’t.
Dotie Joseph runs for Governor. Of all the things a term-limited Joseph could have done with one day left on the clock, she filed for Governor . The North Miami Democrat had never breathed a word about wanting the job, and her political committee, Victory Now, has raised under $11,000 over the past two years — none of it this cycle. …
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