Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 30, 2019
6min538
Negron was a champion for the Everglades.
negronImage via Palatka Main Street.
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 30, 2019
Danny McAuliffeDecember 3, 2018
11min1216
Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis and future Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez are enlisting more than 40 policy experts, officeholders and private-industry leaders to help the incoming administration make sound agricultural and environmental policy decisions. DeSantis’ transition team unveiled its Advisory Committee on the Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture on Monday. Leading the committee is Republican U.S. Rep. Brian […]
Ryan NicolMay 8, 2018
2min403
Belinda Keiser, vice chancellor of Keiser University, has joined the race to replace Joe Negron in Senate District 25. Keiser will be vying for the Republican nod along with state Rep. Gayle Harrell. On the Democratic side, only Dr. Rob Levy has announced a run. It’s an interesting choice for Keiser, who lives in Broward […]
Scott PowersMay 3, 2018
4min471
Following Senate President Joe Negron‘s announcement he will resign effective in November, Republican state Rep. Gayle Harrell announced she is filing to run for his seat this year, as did Democrat Dr. Rob Levy. Negron’s resignation means Senate District 25 can have a regular 2018 primary and general election cycle, though it will be only for […]
Jim RosicaMay 2, 2018
7min418
Senate President Joe Negron tendered his resignation from elected office to Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday, to be effective Nov. 6, “the same day his term as Senate President ends.” Despite his current and final term not ending till 2020, Negron had telegraphed his decision his recent months in ‘exit interviews’ he gave to state […]
Drew WilsonMay 1, 2018
3min486
Senate President Joe Negron waded into the Republican Primary for Attorney General Tuesday, announcing his support for former circuit court judge Ashley Moody. “The next Attorney General of Florida should possess a keen legal mind, understand the rich history of Florida and protect the rights of all citizens of our State,” the Stuart Republican said […]
Peter SchorschMarch 26, 2018
5min192
Joe Negron is making the rounds. The outgoing Senate President is doing post-Session interviews and sit-downs with the News Service of Florida, the Palm Beach Post, his hometown TC Palm, WPTV, and pretty much anyone else with a pen and notepad at the ready. For the most part, Negron is focusing on policy, including offering his personal […]
Jim RosicaMarch 19, 2018
4min251
In a brief ‘exit interview’ last week with Florida Politics, outgoing Senate President Joe Negron said lawmakers over the last two Sessions “made tremendous progress” on goals he set out in his 2015 designation speech, “a blueprint of things I tried to accomplish.” Among those, beefing up higher education “with world class faculties,” addressing pollution […]
Peter SchorschMarch 17, 2018
38min548
The official portrait of Senate President Joe Negron was unveiled last week, but not without some observers asking: “What the heck is that in the background?” As senators and his wife Rebecca applauded and cheered when the work was revealed, some curious onlookers in the chamber’s galleries were left guessing what the three images looming […]
Joe HendersonMarch 5, 2018
7min358
Senate President Joe Negron was either confused Saturday or had a temporary case of amnesia, but whatever the problem one thing was immediately clear. Negron simply forgot who really controls that chamber of the Florida Legislature. Guess what? It ain’t him. And it’s sure not the Republican Party. Nope. After the vote to quickly reverse a […]