Everyone seems to be running early in Florida politics nowadays.

Everyone seems to be running early in Florida politics nowadays.
Adam Putnam may be the only major Republican candidate to declare he’s running for Florida governor -- so far -- but the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has decided it isn’t waiting for any more challengers to join the field. On Thursday, ABC endorsed Putnam for governor.
It’s the end of the line for White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. On Friday, President Donald Trump dumped Priebus as his right hand man, replacing him with Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly.
Florida public schools are expected to grow by 27,000 students in the next year, under an estimate approved by state forecasters on Thursday.
Now the White House is considering its own investigation into the activities of Imran Awan, the IT staffer for Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz who remained on the job and with congressional computer access for about five months after the FBI began investigating him for fraud.
This week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., cheered the Trump administration for naming Gov. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, as ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.
From his perch on the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, this week, U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., went to bat for a proposal to extend the amount of time Canadians who own or lease a home in the U.S. can stay there during the year.
Gov. Rick Scott is continuing his hardline approach against the oppressive policies of the Venezuelan government and plans to ask the State Board Administration to put the kabosh on doing business with the Maduro regime at a meeting next month.
School districts from across the state are preparing to join forces to challenge the constitutionality of a massive education law passed earlier this summer.