Prosecutor DeSantis Booted Says There’s No Point Running Again

Andrew Warren, the former Hillsborough County State Attorney who was suspended and replaced by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, revealed Monday he won’t seek re-election because there’s a “high risk” DeSantis would just boot him out of a job again.

DeSantis took the extraordinary step to oust Warren, who was twice elected to serve as Tampa’s state attorney, in August 2022 after he pledged not to prosecute cases involving abortion or transgender health care.

Those enraged with DeSantis’ decision to oust an elected official—a move he’s since repeated, suspending Orlando’s elected state attorney Monique Worrell last year—had pushed for Warren to win his old job back.

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