While Florida’s Republicans kept their supermajorities in the state legislature with historic margins, Democrats are still a thing. Their leaders in the House and Senate sat down with ABC Action News’ Forrest Saunders this week to discuss how to stay relevant in 2025 despite returning with superminorities in both chambers yet again.
After officially being tapped as the next Sen. Minority Leader last month, Sen. Jason Pizzo (D-Hollywood) thinks the Democrats can find success next year.
“If you don’t have pride of authorship here, you can get a lot done,” he said.
Pizzo, who proudly wears the reputation of a moderate Democrat, said to expect that to continue as he leads the upper chamber’s caucus for the next two years.
“I’m the leader now, but I’m not going to be super sexy and popular to the far, far left,” Pizzo said. “I’m not because it’s not just agreeing with particular issues or particular positions, I think more of it has to do with wanting everybody to focus right here, right now.”
And right now, Florida’s affordability is the top issue, right or left, Pizzo believed.