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Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) won the 2026 election to become Florida’s next governor, defeating Democratic hopes of flipping the seat blue through rival David Jolly.
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Donalds → win → Jolly
Donalds won the race to succeed outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) with 50% of the vote compared to Jolly’s 48.7%, as of 9:09 p.m.
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The outcome cements Donalds’s rise from a state House member and U.S. representative to Florida’s first black governor.
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outcome → win → governor
It comes after Democrats had hoped
20-point margin.
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Democrats → come → margin
With polls suggesting a competitive election in the weeks leading up to Nov. 3, Donalds sought to appeal to more moderate voters, taking down prominent mentions of his endorsement from President Donald Trump on his campaign website.
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Donalds → suggest → website
While he has historically avoided making his race an issue in politics, Donalds also extended an olive branch to black voters, traditionally a key voting bloc for the Democratic Party.
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Donalds → avoid → Party
Weeks before the election, Donalds said he was looking to capture “north of 20%” of the black vote, after only around 13% of the demographic backed DeSantis’s reelection bid in 2022.
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% → say → 2022
Nationwide, only three black people have been elected governor in U.S. history.
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people → elect → history
“I think there’s a lot of Black voters who are looking at my campaign because they’re just trying to figure out who’s going to be the best person to lead Florida into the future,” Donalds told CBS News.
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Donalds → think → News
“I think the other thing with Black voters: they’re starting to not be as monolithically tied to the Democrat Party.”
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they → think → Party
Donalds served four years in the state House before winning an election to represent southwest Florida in Congress in 2020.
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Donalds → serve → 2020
His gubernatorial victory comes after he served nearly six years in the U.S. House and became embroiled in a campaign filled with personal attacks between himself and Jolly.
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he → come → himself
Jolly is a former Republican congressman and lawyer who became an independent, then switched parties last year.
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who → become → parties
He ran a fairly moderate campaign but faced an uphill battle, as a Democrat hasn’t won a Florida gubernatorial election since 1994.
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Democrat → run → 1994
Throughout the race, Donalds maintained a sizable fundraising advantage over Jolly, allowing him to outspend his opponent on voter outreach.
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him → maintain → outreach
By August, the Republican candidate had raised more than $100 million compared to Jolly’s $10 million.
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candidate → raise → million
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