{"id":253182,"date":"2026-04-30T23:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253182\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:41:09","slug":"last-call-for-4-30-26-a-prime-time-read-of-whats-going-down-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253182\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Call for 4.30.26 \u2013 A prime-time read of what\u2019s going down in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last Call \u2013 A prime-time read of what\u2019s going down in Florida politics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014 First Shot \u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Less than a day after Florida lawmakers approved a new congressional map drawn by Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 office, candidates are beginning to sort out which pocket of Florida they\u2019ll be running to represent this Fall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So far, only a handful of candidates and incumbents have publicly confirmed their plans, and most of whom have confirmed they will stay put.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lineup: U.S. Rep. Mario D\u00edaz-Balart will <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/794061-redistricting-shuffle-mario-diaz-balart-confirms-hes-staying-in-cd-26-after-map-change\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">run again in CD 26<\/a>, which lost a stretch of Collier County portion held on to most of its Miami-Dade base; U.S. Rep. Greg Steube is <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/794030-greg-steube-will-seek-re-election-in-cd-17-under-new-map\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">staying in CD 17<\/a>, which remains strongly Republican but with significantly different borders; and U.S. Rep. Brian Mast will continue his re-election bid in CD 21.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the newly redrawn CD 25, meanwhile, two Republican candidates who had been running in CD 23 are shifting their battle to a new arena.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former state Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/793999-redistricting-shuffle-george-moraitis-switches-to-cd-25-race-after-florida-remapping\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">George Moraitis<\/a> and former Boca Raton Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/793919-redistricting-shuffle-scott-singer-pivots-campaign-to-cd-25-after-new-congressional-map-passes\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Scott Singer<\/a> each confirmed they will run in the newly configured District, which went from covering south and central Broward County to spanning the southeast coast from Delray Beach in Palm Beach County. Sources close to U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz say the second-term Congressman could land there as well \u2014 the new district contains roughly half of his current District.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Central Florida, the race to fill the seat currently held by retiring U.S. Rep. Dan Webster has a couple of takers: Lake County Commissioner Anthony Sabatini filed <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/793599-anthony-sabatini-files-to-succeed-dan-webster-in-cd-11\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">on Wednesday<\/a> and less than a day later, former Lake County Property Appraiser Carey Baker announced he was <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/794075-carey-baker-exploring-run-to-succeed-daniel-webster-in-cd-11\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">also considering a run<\/a> in the District.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The early announcements provide only a partial picture of the post-redistricting landscape. With all 28 seats up for election and qualifying still ahead, more candidates are expected to enter, exit or shift districts in the coming days as the new map sinks in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014 Evening Reads \u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/30\/us\/politics\/supreme-courts-voting-rights-gerrymandering.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Supreme Court\u2019s voting rights ruling could fuel new gerrymandering era<\/a>\u201d via Nick Corasaniti of The New York Times<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/30\/us\/politics\/trump-china-iran.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">How Trump\u2019s Iran blockade is complicating a high-stakes trip to China<\/a>\u201d via David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager of The New York Times<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/30\/us\/politics\/voting-rights-act-young-black-democrats.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">How the Voting Rights decision may block the rise of young Black leaders<\/a>\u201d via Rick Rojas of The New York Times<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/national-security\/2026\/04\/cole-allen-whcd-trump-extremism\/686993\/?utm_source=feed\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The era of normie extremism is here<\/a>\u201d via Ali Breland of The Atlantic<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/florida-politics\/2026\/04\/30\/desantis-hakeem-jeffries-redistricting-map-republican-democrat\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Ron DeSantis does a Hakeem Jeffries impression amid redistricting jabs<\/a>\u201d via Garrett Shanley of the Tampa Bay Times<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/floridaphoenix.com\/2026\/04\/30\/secretive-push-to-build-new-florida-slaughterhouse-endangers-lake-o\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Secretive push to build new Florida slaughterhouse endangers Lake O<\/a>\u201d via Craig Pittman of the Florida Phoenix<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/793972-ron-desantis-calls-sloth-world-deaths-weird-as-orlando-democrats-demand-investigation\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">DeSantis calls Sloth World deaths \u2018weird\u2019 as Orlando Democrats demand investigation<\/a>\u201d via Gabrielle Russon of Florida Politics<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/793923-florida-workers-have-pay-raises-on-the-line-in-upcoming-budget-special-session\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Florida workers have pay raises on the line in upcoming budget Special Session<\/a>\u201d via Drew Dixon of Florida Politics<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/health\/487425\/open-ai-chatgpt-diagnosis-symptoms-second-opinion-study\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">A major new study found AI outperformed doctors in ER diagnosis \u2014 but there\u2019s a catch<\/a>\u201d via Dylan Scott of Vox<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/education\/how-silicon-valleys-brightest-parents-broke-their-own-school-f38835c4\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">How Silicon Valley\u2019s brightest parents broke their own school<\/a>\u201d via Zusha Elinson of The Wall Street Journal<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flfamiliesforvaccines.org\/polling\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-793147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vaccine_ad.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014 Quote of the Day \u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHe goes out there, and he\u2019s like, um, \u2018we\u2019re gonna do maximum warfare against Republicans. Florida Republicans, you F around, you gonna find out,\u2019 all this stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014 Gov. Ron DeSantis, doing a bad impression of Hakeem Jeffreys.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014 Put it on the Tab \u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Look to your left, then look to your right. If you see one of these people at your happy hour haunt, flag down the bartender and put one of these on your tab. Recipes included, just in case the Cocktail Codex fell into the well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Order a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liquor.com\/recipes\/boilermaker\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Boilermaker<\/a> while you still can \u2014 a bill that could put several unions into decertification territory is <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/793984-gop-legislation-aimed-at-heart-of-teachers-unions-sent-to-gov-desantis\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">on its way<\/a> to Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 desk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It may have middling reviews, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/us.inshaker.com\/cocktails\/1025-unemployment-benefit\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Unemployment Benefits<\/a> from the bar taste better than what a <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/794021-florida-initial-jobless-claims-decline-for-second-week-in-a-row\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">slowly decreasing number<\/a> of Floridians are getting from this economy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Someone order the Governor all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.veroni.com\/cringe-cocktails\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Cringe Cocktails<\/a>, please. Actually, don\u2019t \u2026 he might do <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/793898-desantis-hakeem-impression\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">more impressions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/act.commoncause.org\/call_campaigns\/tell-lawmakers-dont-rig-floridas-maps\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-793149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/partisan_ad.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014 Breakthrough Insights \u2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/connections.swellgarfo.com\/game\/-OrA8Iq4ymcOWMyzMebA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-794068\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LC-4.30.2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"1152\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014 Tune In \u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Magic on doorstep of historic upset<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Orlando Magic can eliminate the top seed in the Eastern Conference with a win at home on Friday over the Detroit Pistons (7 p.m. ET, Prime Video).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Orlando leads the best-of-seven series three games to two after Detroit survived last night in a 116-109 final. The game saw a duel between Paolo Banchero of the Magic and Detroit\u2019s Cade Cunningham, who each scored 45 points in the game. Cunningham\u2019s mark was a Pistons\u2019 playoff record. His jumper with 32 seconds remaining helped seal the win for Detroit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Banchero has been the pacesetter in the postseason, averaging nearly 26 points and more than six assists per game for the Magic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now, Game 6 shifts to the Kia Center, where Orlando won Game 3 and Game 4 in the series. If the Magic advance out of the first round, they will face the winner of the Cleveland Cavaliers-Toronto Raptors series in the conference semifinals. The Magic are trying to become the seventh team to knock off a top seed as a No. 8 seed in NBA playoff history. Only two No. 8 seeds have advanced to the NBA Finals. Both the 1999 New York Knicks and the 2023 Miami Heat advanced to the finals before losing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last Call is published by Peter Schorsch, assembled and edited by Phil Ammann and Drew Wilson, with contributions from the staff of Florida Politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last Call \u2013 A prime-time read of what\u2019s going down in Florida politics. \u2014 First Shot \u2014 Less&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19740,72317,4832,28,30,29,19741,4833,19742],"class_list":["post-253182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-breakthrough","tag-breakthrough-insights","tag-featured-post","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-florida-political-news","tag-florida-politics","tag-last-call"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}