DeSantis won’t formally campaign for property tax amendment

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: June 29, 2026

Words: 860

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago


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TAMPA — Gov. Ron DeSantis has spent more than a year boosting a proposal to eliminate or substantially reduce property taxes for Floridians, but because the Legislature’s version doesn’t reach as far as his own plan, he now says he doesn’t intend to campaign for the proposal that will go before the voters in November.

“I don’t think so,” the governor said in response to inquiry by a Phoenix reporter during a news conference whether …

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