FILE – Former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay attends a Florida Law Review lecture series in Gainesville, Fla., on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin, File) ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has directed flags to half-staff in Florida to honor the late Gov. Buddy MacKay, according to a memo released late Wednesday. Former Gov. and Lt. Gov. Buddy MacKay shown in this 1999 ...

Kenneth H. "Buddy" MacKay, beloved husband, family patriarch, and political statesman, passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at home surrounded by family. On an otherwise uneventful day, he went ...

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Leaders and loved ones recall former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay as a man who refused to take over the governor’s mansion, gained the top job despite losing an election ...

The Point, Jan. 3, 2025: Former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay dies at 91 By WUFT News January 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM EST ...

Former Gov. Buddy MacKay, a long-time Florida politician who became governor for nearly a month following the abrupt death of Gov. Lawton Chiles in late 1998, died in his sleep on Tuesday ...

Buddy MacKay, Chiles’ lieutenant governor for two terms, had been trounced by Bush in the 1998 gubernatorial election when Chiles died six weeks later on Dec. 12, 1998, at the governor’s mansion.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay, who lost to Jeb Bush in 1998 but still served 23 days in office after the sudden death of Gov. Lawton Chiles, has died. He was 91.

Grandfather MacKay was also a lawyer. He told his grandson that practicing law was a noble profession. Public servant The elder MacKay, whose political career began in the late 1960s, with stints ...

FILE - Former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay attends a Florida Law Review lecture series in Gainesville, Fla., on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin, File) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former ...