Byron Donalds gets thumbs up from Trump. Will it clear 2026 GOP governor race field?
That leaves Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, a Trilby Republican, as the last Florida Cabinet official still with potential to get in the governor’s race. He is a former Senate President who received Trump’s endorsement for his Agriculture Commissioner campaign in 2022.
Byron Donalds, on cusp of Florida governor run, commands crowd at CPAC
Donalds, a rising star in the party who was once a contender for House speaker, is on the cusp of taking the big jump in his political career as a front-running contender to govern Trump’s adopted home state.
The Hill on NewsNation: Rep. Byron Donalds (R- FL) weighs run for Florida governor as President Trump endorses him
President Trump has thrown his support behind Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) as Governor Ron DeSantis’ successor in Florida. Should Donalds run, he “will have my Complete and Total Endorsement,” Trump said on social media,
Trump announces support for Rep. Byron Donalds as Florida's next governor
President Donald Trump made Rep. Byron Donalds the early frontrunner in Florida's 2026 gubernatorial race to replace term-limited Ron DeSantis, saying on Truth Social on Thursday that he would have his endorsement.
Will he or won't he? Amid much speculation, Byron Donalds promises announcement 'soon'
With Trump saying "Run, Byron run," and Donalds teasing, "Announcement coming soon!” it's a good bet Byron Donalds will run for Florida governor.
Who is Byron Donalds? Donald Trump just endorsed him for governor.
In 2020, then-state Rep. Byron Donalds won a nine-way Republican congressional primary by about 800 votes. Less than five years later, Donalds, a third-term U.S. representative from the Naples area, has won one of the most coveted prizes in Republican politics: a gubernatorial endorsement from President Donald Trump.
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Trump shares poll showing Byron Donalds cleaning up in run for Florida governor
A recent poll shows Florida Congressman Byron Donalds as the frontrunner in a hypothetical gubernatorial race, prompting speculation about a potential run and a likely endorsement from former ...
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President Trump shares poll showing Byron Donalds cleaning up in run for FL governor
A recent poll shows Florida Congressman Byron Donalds as the frontrunner in a hypothetical gubernatorial race, prompting speculation about a potential run and a likely endorsement from former ...