US Midterms 2026
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Byron Donalds, a Republican who has represented Florida's 19th congressional district since 2021, won the Republican nomination for Florida governor in August 2026.
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In the race for governor, one poll gives Byron Donalds an 11 point lead, but another shows the race tied. Others have given David Jolly a one to three point lead. So which is it? FOX 13's Craig Patrick reports.
Load comments [...] Donalds did damage control on social media Wednesday ahead of Fishback’s announcement.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Byron Donalds attends a midterm campaign rally on Oct. 1 in Lakeland. A Stetson University poll shows Donalds leading Democrat David Jolly 52% to 41% in Florida’s governor's race.
The financial disclosure reports are the most recent example of how connected Donalds has been with the AI industry.
A statewide coalition of pastors, sheriffs, state lawmakers, business owners, educators and civic leaders supporting Byron Donalds for governor and Bryan Ávila for lieutenant governor.
Candidates: Byron Donalds (R) at 46%, David Jolly (D) at 44%; about 10% undecided.
JollyThe article discusses how a new leadership mix in Tallahassee, including both new and seasoned lawmakers and a potential new governor, could alter tensions between the governor and the legislature.
A Stetson University poll (Oct. 1–9) indicates Byron Donalds leads the Florida governor’s race. Donalds has 52% support vs.
JollyThe Miami Select piece reports on Florida political polling relevant to Byron Donalds in the governor’s race context.
The Florida governor race in 2026 features two major candidates: Byron Donalds, backed by Donald Trump, and David Jolly, a former Republican congressman who is running as a Democrat.
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Byron Lowell Donalds was born on October 28, 1978, and grew up in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York, one of three children raised by a single mother; his heritage is Jamaican and Panamanian.
He finished Nazareth Regional High School in East Flatbush in 1996, began college at Florida A&M University, and transferred to Florida State University, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in finance and marketing in 2002.
His working career was in banking, insurance and finance: he joined TIB Bank as a credit analyst in 2003 and rose through several credit management posts, moved in 2007 to CMG Surety LLC as a portfolio manager, and became a financial advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors in 2015.
Donalds left the Democratic Party for the Republican Party in 2010 and became active in the Tea Party movement. He ran for Florida's 19th congressional district in 2012, finishing fifth in a field of six. In 2016 he won election to the Florida House of Representatives from District 80, serving two terms to 2020 and chairing the Insurance and Banking Subcommittee.
When Representative Francis Rooney retired in 2020, Donalds won a nine-candidate Republican primary for the 19th district, edging state representative Dane Eagle by 770 votes, and then defeated Democrat Cindy Banyai in November. He was sworn in on January 3, 2021, and won reelection in 2022 and 2024.
In his second term, colleagues nominated him during the January 2023 speakership balloting, where he drew 20 votes on the fourth and fifth ballots, and he was a candidate again in October 2023.
Donalds launched his campaign for governor in February 2025, shortly after Donald Trump pledged his endorsement on Truth Social. The office is open because Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is barred from a third consecutive term. Donalds won the Republican nomination in the primary held on August 18, 2026, and his general election opponent on November 3, 2026, is Democrat David Jolly. A Donalds victory would make him the first Black governor of Florida.
