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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis served up familiar themes in his sixth State of the State address Tuesday as he made his case to presidential primary voters, proclaiming Florida to be a conservative model for the country as severe weather pummeled the Panhandle. The address came at the start of Florida’s 60-day legislative session and about a week before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses. As he has done many times in the past, DeSantis declared Florida to be a success story that stands in stark contrast to the federal government and Democratic-run states and cities. “My me…

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