Red State··Thursday, November 5, 2026, 7:50 AM

Byron Donalds Wins Florida, and Symone Sanders Townsend Reaches for a Racial Smear

Florida elected its first black governor Tuesday night. Decision Desk HQ projected that Republican Rep. Byron Donalds (FL-19) defeated Democrat David Jolly. He will succeed Ron DeSantis, who is finishing his second term. Jolly kept it close. The Republican led by less than two percentage points when the Associated Press called the race.

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