Buddy MacKay, who lost to Jeb Bush in 1998 but still ... “It was a very peaceful end to a great life,” said MacKay, who hopes his father is remembered as a defender of Florida’s environment ...

A celebration of life for the late Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay will be held Wednesday, Jan. 15, a spokesperson for the MacKay family announced. The service will be 1 p.m. "at the church he helped to ...

Growing up in Miami’s Liberty City, I never would have dreamt that a white man from Ocala would give me my first professional break in politics and fundamentally change the trajectory of my life.

Growing up in Miami’s Liberty City, I never would have dreamt that a white man from Ocala would give me my first professional break in politics and fundamentally change the trajectory of my life.

Kenneth "Buddy" MacKay, 91, died peacefully during an afternoon ... family as they mourn the loss of their beloved husband and father," Bush said in a post on the social-media platform X.

Buddy MacKay, who lost to Jeb Bush in 1998 but still ... “It was a very peaceful end to a great life,” said MacKay, who hopes his father is remembered as a defender of Florida's environment ...