Republican Party Representative Bayron Donalds He officially launches his campaign for the position of Florida Governor on Friday, with what is described as a gathering of the launch of his hometown.
The conservative legislator, which represented the nineteenth Congress in Florida in the southwestern part of the state for four years, is currently the only lead Republican who jumps to the 2026 race to succeed the Limited Republican Governor Ron Desantis.
Donalds, a strong supporter and ally of President Donald Trump, announced his candidacy during his appearance Fox News “Hanity“At the end of last month, days of decline in the president's support.
In addition, two stars of Maga World Rock – Donald Trump Junior, the president's eldest son, and Charlie Kerk, conservative and suspended activist who leads the strong Turning Point Usa Youth Organization – recorded videos of Donalds's campaign kick, the sources told the sources Fox News. Conservative commentator Benny Johnson will speak personally at this event.
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Representative Bayron Donalds, a Republican of Florida, during the conservative political work conference in the National Port, Maryland, on Friday, February 21, 2025. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getti Emaiz)
Campaign event, at Bonita Springs, comes Claorida First Lady Casey Desantis She admitted that she was considering operating the 2026 governor to succeed her husband in Talhaasi.
“I think what you will see is a display of strength and I think that Brional's support and momentum across the state, whether it is the collection of donations or popular support, will be clear,” said Stephen Lwuson Lucon in Florida.
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Lawson – who held a position Counselor for Desantis In addition to his predecessor in Talhaasi, the former ruler and the current Senator Rick Scott confirmed that. President Trump Support, Donals is the person who won this race. “
Desantis has repeatedly described his wife's achievements as the first lady in Florida and put her as a worthy successor.

Florida Governor Ron Desantis and his wife, First Lady Casey Desantis, are celebrating his victory over the candidate of Democrats Charlie Christ during an hour in elections at the Tampa Conference Center on November 8, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images)
In addition, Casey Desantis, late last month, speculated when the journalists were asked if she would be nominated.
“The late Yuji Pera said,” said Desantis, repeating a famous line from the late baseball legend. “If you see a thorn on the way, take it.”
Then the ruler mocked the journalists that “you can read, comrades, in this what you want.”
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When I was asked this month at the summit of the ideas of the National Review Institute at the National Port of Maryland, if it can launch a campaign, Casey Desantis said, “We will see.”
The sources confirmed last month to Fox News that the ruler had contacted the donors on behalf of his wife.

Casey Desantis, the first lady in Florida, during a campaign event for her husband, governor of the state, Ron Desantis, in Atlantic, Iowa, on Saturday, January 13, 2024. (Al Drao/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The deadline for raising criticism in the Ruler's Race in Florida comes at the end of this week, and a source in the political orbit of a member of Congress expected that news that Donals will “easily spoil” the minure desantis gathered in his first month as an emerging candidate in his successful campaign for 2018 to succeed Scott as a ruler.
Another added: “I think it will show a strong number of donations.” Its headquarters is Florida Republican strategic, who asked not to be identified by speaking more freely.
Donalds was free for ruler Desantis.
“We have a great ruler,” Donalds said last month in an interview. “Ron Desantes has done a tremendous work for our country. But the task now is to preserve the best country in the country as the best country in the country. Thus, the task will be within reach.”

Representative Bayron Donalds is speaking inside the capital square one in an event for the second inauguration of President Donald Trump, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Reuters/Mike Fresh)
A strategic expert of the Republican Party who has long worked in Florida races said he believed that Donalds “was really keen to be a comic with the ruler and the cysty. I think you saw this from his messages … he wanted to build on the conservative record of the success in Florida while he was also advancing.”
However, the source added that Donalds will use the start of Friday's campaign to “put a mark down to show that this is his race to win.”
An internal survey conducted earlier this month of the Donalds campaign indicated that a member of Congress revolves around Casey Desantis with one numbers in the virtual confrontation of the Republican Party. However, the survey indicated that Donalds's leadership has risen to more than 20 points when the respondents were informed that he was supported by Trump, whose influence on the Republican Party is stronger than ever.
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Florida used to be the best state in the country in the general elections in the country, but it picked a largely right in the last electoral sessions. Desantis won 2022 re -elected by 20 points, and Trump carried the state last November by 13 points.
With it is clear that Florida was red, it is the winner of the preliminary elections of the Republic, he will be considered the favorite in the general elections for the next year.