Score one for former President Donald Trump over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, as the two combatants for 2024 Republican presidential nomination mixed it up in a test of their home turf strength and clout among supporters in the state they both call home.

The Republican Party of Florida's executive board, under pressure from Trump supporters, voted on Friday evening to nix a provision in its bylaws that required any candidate seeking to be on the March 19 presidential primary ballot to sign a pledge of loyalty to the eventual GOP nominee.

The meeting, held at an Orlando, Florida hotel, was described by sources with knowledge of the gathering as contentious. 

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The pledge was adopted with little fanfare back in May, and DeSantis supporters, including state House Speaker Paul Renner, urged the board members to keep the pledge. 

State Sen. Joe Gruters, a former Florida GOP chairman and a top Trump supporter in the Sunshine State, made the motion to drop the pledge, arguing that rules should not have changed in the first place less than a year before the primary.

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According to reports, Polk County GOP member Ed Shoemaker warned during the meeting that "people will be pissed if we keep Trump off the ballot."

The vote was not only a show of force for Trump in his adopted home state but is also a sign that DeSantis' once iron grip over the Florida state party may be slipping.

Neither Trump nor DeSantis attended the meeting, as they were both giving speeches in Washington D.C. at the Family Research Council's annual Pray, Vote, Stand conference around the same time the vote was taking place.

DeSantis campaign press secretary Bryan Griffin said in a statement that "anyone who wants to run for president as a Republican should be willing to pledge their support for our eventual nominee."

Trump’s campaign did not immediately release a comment regarding the vote.

The pldege in Florida that was nixed is similar to the one the Republican National Committee is mandating GOP presidential candidates sign in order to make the presidential nomination debate state. Trump refused to sign the RNC's pledge, skipped the first debate, and is likely to not attend the second one as well.

Trump, who's making his third straight White House run, remains the commanding front-runner over DeSantis and the rest of the large field of contenders seeking to be the party's 2024 standard-bearer.

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Wildlife rescuers in Florida are asking for name suggestions for a half-mouthed alligator now in their care.

The injured animal that made national headlines has found a new home at Gatorland Orlando. 

"She looks like she had a hard time," Savannah Boan from Gatorland told FOX 35. "The trapper that actually snagged her was a gentleman named Jerry. And Jerry said he thought it might look like a propeller got her."

The alligator avoided capture by officials for weeks after local resident Eustacia Kanter spotted her in Sanford.

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"At first, my brain couldn't comprehend that its entire upper jaw was missing," Kanter told FOX 35. "When I realized, I felt terrible for him and snapped as good a photo as I could get with my cell phone standing at a distance so that I could share it and try to find help."

Kanter contacted the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and an environmental conservation nonprofit in hopes they would help find and rescue the gator.

The alligator appears to be four to five years old and will be kept on a special diet while away from other animals for a while. Gatorland believes it lived in the wild without half its jaw for at least six months, likely eating snails and frogs.

The gator may have ended up in its unique physical state after encountering a boat's engine propeller. 

"Alligators and crocodiles are amazing survivors," Boan said about the ancient species. "They can survive almost anything."

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The unnamed gator will eventually be kept with other alligators in the park.

"She’s a little bit skinny, but she looks to be pretty healthy and feisty, and we’re going to heal her up, we’re going to have our vet take a look at her, and she’s going to be great," Boan said.

Those with name suggestions for the unique-looking gator should chime in on the park's social media. 

Fox News' Adam Sabes contributed to this report.