Trump-backed Byron Donalds to face Democrat David Jolly in race to succeed Florida governor DeSantis

Congressman had pledged to implement president’s agenda if he gained governor’s seat Democratic socialist Angie Nixon clinches surprise primary win in Florida US Senate race Byron Donalds, a congressman backed by Donald Trump, won the Republican nomination for governor on Tuesday in the race to succeed Ron DeSantis. Donalds, who has represented south-west Florida since 2021, trounced three reasonably prominent Republican rivals, including Jay Collins, DeSantis’s handpicked lieutenant governor. Continue reading...

Richard Luscombe in Miami · Tue, Aug 18, 2026, 5:08 PM
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Trump-backed Byron Donalds to face Democrat David Jolly in race to succeed Florida governor DeSantis

Congressman had pledged to implement president’s agenda if he gained governor’s seat

Democratic socialist Angie Nixon clinches surprise primary win in Florida US Senate race

Byron Donalds, a congressman backed by Donald Trump, won the Republican nomination for governor on Tuesday in the race to succeed Ron DeSantis.

Donalds, who has represented south-west Florida since 2021, trounced three reasonably prominent Republican rivals, including Jay Collins, DeSantis’s handpicked lieutenant governor.

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