St. Pete Polls found he would also handily beat Casey DeSantis in a head-to-head race.
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds remains in a dominant position in the Republican Primary for Governor, polling shows.
A new St. Pete Polls survey shows Donalds would win more than 39% of the vote in a Republican Primary against Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, who has less than 4% support, and former House Speaker Paul Renner, who shows up with less than 3%.
While more than half of likely Republican Primary voters remain undecided, that shows the Naples Republican continuing to massively outperform either of the two high-profile Republicans most likely to appear on the Primary ballot next year.
Renner announced his campaign for Governor last month. Many have expected Collins to run to succeed Gov. Ron DeSantis, who appointed the Tampa Republican as Lieutenant Governor in August.
The pollsters also tested Donalds’ performance if he were in a head-to-head against only Collins. In such a race, Donalds would win more than 52% of the vote to Collins’ nearly 12%.
If Donalds faced another rumored contender, Casey DeSantis, things would be marginally more competitive. But the Congressman still leads a head-to-head Primary with 47% support to the First Lady’s 21%.
In both head-to-head races, pollsters informed voters that Donalds had President Donald Trump’s endorsement, while Collins or Casey DeSantis would likely have the endorsement of Gov. DeSantis.
The poll of 1,034 likely Primary voters was taken from Oct. 13 to 15, and pollsters report a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
The poll also found Florida Republicans supportive of both Trump and Florida’s Governor. Asked about whether GOP voters approve of the job Trump is doing, about 82% said yes while under 13% said no. Asked the same about DeSantis, 85% approve of his job performance while just over 11% do not. Nearly 82% of those polled said Florida was on the right track.