TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Republicans in Florida had a dominating 2022 midterm, winning nearly every race of consequence up and down the ballot — but that hasn’t stopped Florida Republicans from having a heated race to choose their next chair heading into the 2024 presidential election cycle.

Current Florida GOP Chair Joe Gruters is not seeking reelection after holding the post since 2019, a term that featured an at times icy relationship with Gov. Ron DeSantis, who gets much of the credit for the party’s success since he was first elected in 2018. DeSantis won reelection by a historic 19 percentage points.

Running to fill the post are Christian Ziegler, the party’s current vice chair, and Evan Po...

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