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Before Pam Bondi was selected to be Donald Trump’s Attorney General, she was considering a run for a third term for the equivalent job in the Sunshine State, where she was elected AG in 2010 and re-elected four years later.

Though term limits compelled her to stop at two consecutive terms, she revealed Saturday that she was considering a return to Tallahassee given the then-current AG Ashley Moody was term limited next year.

“I was seriously considering running for Attorney General in Florida again, because I was termed out. I learned that if I sit out, I could run again and I love being in Florida. I love helping people and that was my plan,” Bondi said on “My View with Lara Trump.”

Of course, the plan changed when it became clear former Congressman Matt Gaetz didn’t have the votes to be confirmed by the Senate.

“(Trump) called me early one morning and, you know, without ever sharing our private conversation, he, in his way, talked me into doing this, and I’ve always told him if no one else could answer the switchboards, I would become the best switchboard operator ever if you need me to do this. And he told me he needed me to do this job, so I’m going to try to be the best attorney general I can ever be in the country,” Bondi related.

Of course, former Attorney General Moody was appointed to fill Marco Rubio’s seat in the Senate just weeks after Bondi was nominated to be Attorney General. That led Gov. Ron DeSantis to pick his former chief of staff James Uthmeier for the job.

But if things had gone differently, Uthmeier may have faced an interesting Primary in 2026.

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A Jacksonville Democrat wants to bring Florida into a consortium of states seeking high-speed rail.

Sen. Tracie Davis’ SB 966 would let the Governor join “a rapid rail transit compact” known as the Southern Rail Commission with Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Florida is eligible to join because it borders Alabama.

Davis’ bill, the Senate version of Rep. Yvonne Hinson’s House measure, notes “North Florida has lacked passenger rail service since September 2005, when track damage from Hurricane Katrina led to the termination of Amtrak’s Sunset Limited route, which ran from New Orleans to Pensacola, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, and Orlando.”

The SRC was successful when Joe Biden was President in getting $178 million to restore passenger rail service from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mobile, Alabama; however, it’s not apparent that President Donald Trump prioritizes that kind of spending amid cuts across government.

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One of Donald Trump’s key political advisers is making it clear that the Republican Party will rise or fall based on how closely it aligns with its chief standard bearer and the “big change” he promised on the campaign trail.

Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair believes that “Trump voters can be converted into Republican voters,” if the GOP “gives the voters what they paid for with their vote.”

If that’s the case, “a long term political realignment” is possible, Blair said Friday at CPAC 2025.

“Trump gained more popular votes than any Republican ever has. It was the first popular vote win for a Republican president in 20 years and the first non-incumbent since 1988. The House Republicans won more popular votes than they ever have and he swept the Senate majority into office and really, President Trump performs above all other Republicans and that’s because a lot of these voters that are with him have not come over to the party.”

The goal is getting “these voters who only vote when Trump is on the ballot … who are with the Trump worldview” and “getting these voters (out) when Trump is not on the ballot,” Blair said.

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