Byron Donalds

The Guardian, NBC News, and the Miami Herald reported in stories Tuesday that Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds has quietly removed many references to President Trump off a new campaign site.

Affordability at the forefront of Byron Donalds’ campaign Republican Rep. Byron Donalds has made achieving affordability in Florida one of his top priorities in his campaign for governor. This comes at a time when the topic of affordability is on the minds of many Florida voters.

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor, tapped state Sen. Bryan Avila of Miami as his running mate, who would become lieutenant governor if they win the general election in November.

The feds warned Donalds that the contributions were illegal and should be returned

The New Life Dream Center, a faith-based drug rehab facility, is based in the Deer Run Farms neighborhood in southern Lee County. It's operated by Pastor Bishop Gaspar Anastasi of Word of Life Ministries. A county zoning violation hit New Life Dream Center earlier this year, in addition to scrutiny from neighbors who believe Anastasi used his connections in the Florida legislature to run it.

As Suncoast areas continue to grapple with the effect of short-term vacation rentals, the industry’s most dominant player has staked a major claim in Florida's premier 2026 election. Airbnb, the online marketplace at the center of local fights over neighborhood rentals, has contributed $1 million to the political committee supporting Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds, who previously backed legislation to curb local regulation of the industry.

Sarasota County Property Appraiser Bill Furst chairs a political committee that has moved millions of dollars from wealthy supporters of artificial intelligence, including the co-founder of Open AI, the company behind ChatGPT, to Byron Donalds’ candidacy for Florida governor.

A Tampa political consultant connected to Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said the county's top cop isn't part of a "draft Marceno" for Congress effort.

After a Congressional committee released Jeffrey Epstein’s “birthday book” that included a cryptic and lewd homemade card allegedly sent to the notorious child sex trafficker by President Donald Trump, the White House jumped on social media to deny its authenticity.Strongly supporting those claims was Florida Congressman Byron Donalds, a close Trump ally and 2024 campaign surrogate, who claimed in an interview with CBS News on the Capitol steps that the signature was bogus.Unfortunately for Donalds, the “signature doesn’t match” talking point was discredited in lightning speed.