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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Senator Jay Collins as the new lieutenant governor.

Collins, a former Green Beret and state senator since 2022, fills the vacancy left by Jeanette Nuñez in February.

The lieutenant governor's primary role is to assume the governorship if the governor is unable to serve.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has filled another long-vacant spot in his cabinet, tapping Sen. Jay Collins, R-Tampa, to be his new lieutenant governor .

Collins is a former Green Beret and has been a state senator since 2022. He is also a staunch DeSantis ally.

The post has been empty since February when former Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez left that role to become interim, and later official, president of Florida International University, one of several DeSantis alli

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