Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called his recent election victory "a win for the ages," as a red wave swept through counties that had once been considered solid blue.

"We not only won the election, we have rewritten the political map," DeSantis told his supporters at his Tampa election night watch party as polls closed.

On Wednesday, the front page of the right-leaning New York Post read "DeFuture" in reference DeSantis' momentum. His win came amid many Donald Trump-backed candidates' struggles in other parts of the country.

DeSantis will preside over a state where Republicans won supermajorities in both chambers of the Florida Legislature, He has often stated that he believed in a centralized executive authority for the governor's office with no interference from the White House. This is a stance that may prove difficult to maintain in the future if he does run for the 2024 presidential election.

While his presidential ambitions remain unclear, his plans for at least the next two years in Florida are lined up.

"We will never, ever surrender to the woke mob in the state of Florida," DeSantis said during a Hillsborough County rally. "Our state is where woke goes to die."

His words were met with loud applause.

With support from the state legislature, DeSantis is expected to fulfill his promises of stricter abortion laws and to make it easier for gun owners to carry their firearms in public. DeSantis has also made it clear that he will make sure any "woke" agenda and legislature will be killed. Corporations and institutions aren't exempt from this, he's already targeted Disney and will continue this by targeting financial institutions like Paypal that he says are "discriminating" against clients based on their religious or political ideologies.

Another upcoming proposal from DeSantis would prevent Florida from considering how a company impacts the environment and society before Florida's retirement funds are invested in the company.

Other measures DeSantis would most likely sign include a 6-week abortion ban with no exceptions. He also stated in his debate with Democrat Charlie Crist that he would ask the Florida Legislature to change the state law in regard to the death sentence. Currently, the law in Florida requires that a jury must be unanimous when requesting the death sentence.

Another issue DeSantis is expected to focus on is the affordable housing crisis in Florida. He's already met with incoming Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo of Naples in order to address the issue. The next legislative session begins in March which is when we would see any proposals that would address these topics.

While Passidomo is enthusiastic about DeSantis' second term and the proposal her staff is working on to address the housing crisis, State Rep. Fentrice Driskell of Tampa is skeptical. Driskell is the incoming House Democratic leader and expects the DeSantis administration to be consistent with what he's already watched over. Two-thirds of Florida's affordable housing trust fund money was permanently diverted to other initiatives by Republicans last year.

This isn't the first time Republican lawmakers have repurposed those funds within Florida's recent history. Although it was just in the 1990s that The Sadowski Act was put in place and a portion of Florida taxes would be devoted to affordable housing projects, the act was permanently cut within a few decades in the midst of a pandemic and a windfall of federal stimulus money that amounted to over $10 billion.

"Affordable housing is at its greatest need ever," Christina Pappas of the Florida Realtors Association had told lawmakers. "It's one of the greatest government programs we have."

Florida's housing crisis is on par with California, with most residents having to devote at least half of their income to housing.

Instead of addressing these issues, DeSantis is more likely to continue consolidating the governor's authority. He's already redrawn congressional maps in Florida, helping Republicans gain a majority in the state legislature. He has also pushed for more authority over agency appointments and interfered in both the Florida Senate and school boards in order to push his own candidates through.

DeSantis even removed Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren because the State Attorney had signed a pledge that he would not prosecute cases where women sought abortions or where transgender people sought gender-affirming healthcare. DeSantis stated in a news conference that Warren had "put himself publicly above the law" and that "our government is a government of laws, not a government of men."

DeSantis has kept a majority of his plans quiet. Republicans close to him remain enthusiastic about the coming years for Florida, while those who have been targets of DeSantis remain wary for Florida's future.

"An emboldened DeSantis, with his eyes locked on a 2024 presidential bid, would be disastrous for the LGBTQ community," said Equality Florida spokesperson Brandon Wolf in a statement. "We could expect rapid escalation of his attacks and the continued bending of the entire state government against the community."

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