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Nuñez Steps Down as Florida’s Lieutenant Governor

Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez has been appointed as the interim president of Florida International University.
Nuñez Steps Down as Florida’s Lieutenant Governor
Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez takes to the podium at the Republican National Convention in Washington, on Aug. 25, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez resigned on Feb. 17 and became the interim president of Florida International University (FIU).

Nuñez, who has been the second-highest-ranking official in the Sunshine State since January 2019, wrote in a message to students that FIU needs to be a top-notch institution.
Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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