Since 2019, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Republican-led legislature have rolled back many of Florida’s basic civil rights protections. Although minorities have been most directly affected, David Jolly, the Democrat running to succeed the term-limited DeSantis, argues that all Floridians are harmed. “I don’t think the disparate impact of prejudicial and racist policies from the last 100 years has disappeared or that we’ve reached a moment of real equality and equity,” he said. “I think that disparate impact is still very real today.”