Florida GOP Electors convene in Tallahassee to deliver their votes for Donald Trump & J.D. Vance

Florida’s presidential electors met in the Florida Senate chamber in Tallahassee Tuesday to cast their votes for Donald Trump for president and J.D. Vance for vice president in accordance with the U.S. Constitution, in a largely ceremonial vote.

All of the 30 electors were present to vote with one exception — Pam Bondi. The former Florida attorney general, who has been nominated by Donald Trump to serve as attorney general in his next administration, did not appear in the Capitol.

She earlier tweeted a photo of herself meeting with Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt in Washington, D.C., as she prepares for her confirmation hearing to be held sometime after the president-elect is inaugurated next month.

Other Florida electors of note included sitting Attorney General Ashley Moody, Chief Financial Officer and now Congressional District 1 candidate Jimmy Patronis, state Rep. and Congressional District 6 candidate Randy Fine, Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, Senate President Ben Albritton, and House Speaker Daniel Perez.

Trump received 56% of the vote in Florida last month, defeating Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris by 13%, the biggest margin of victory in a presidential contest in the Sunshine State since 1988.

Nationally, Trump won 312 electoral votes on Nov. 5; Harris took 226. Florida’s 30 electoral votes are the third most of any state in the nation, trailing only California (54) and Texas (40).

All 538 presidential electors in the 50 states and Washington gathered around the country to formalize Trump’s victory on Tuesday. Among them were 13 Republicans who participated in the 2020 fake electors plot, including some who face criminal charges, according to CNN.

After voting, the electors signed documents that will be part of the certifying process in Washington on Jan. 6, when a joint session of Congress will declare the president and vice president. Trump will be sworn into office on Monday, Jan. 20.

The Florida Electoral College vote itself took approximately 53 minutes.