The father of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) announced on Monday that he intends to make a comeback to the Florida Senate, a chamber he once led.
Don Gaetz, 75, reportedly said he will prepare the necessary paperwork for a run in next year’s election to succeed outgoing state Sen. Doug Broxson after another Republican, former state Rep. Frank White, agreed to end his campaign for the Florida Panhandle seat.
“I told him ‘I don’t have any plans to run for the Senate’ but I told people I would listen. So I’m listening. That spread,” Gaetz said, according to the Pensacola News Journal. “Then three or four days ago Frank (White) said ‘Don, if you run I will withdraw.’ That made the decision a lot easier.”
The news outlet noted White said in a text message that the elder Gaetz is a “liv …